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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake on November 29, 2007 near Martinique
A major earthquake occurred about 40 km (25 miles) NNW of FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique at 2:00 PM EST, Nov 29, 2007 (3:00 PM AST in Martinique). The USGS has reported that one person was reported, at least 100 injured, several buildings damaged or destroyed and power outages occurred on Martinique. Two people injured and several buildings destroyed on Barbados. Minor damage occurred on St. Lucia and St. Vincent. Power outages occurred on Guadeloupe. The earthquake was felt as far northwest as Puerto Rico and as far southeast as Suriname. For more information on this event, see this USGS site: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007kha5.php#summary
These earthquakes were recorded on instruments in the Kentucky Seismic and Strong Motion Network, operated jointly by the Kentucky Geological Survey and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Kentucky.
The graphic below is the actual record of the earthquake made by 12 Network instruments.
