Guadeloupe was impacted by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on October 27, 2025. The event data, including epicenter coordinates and depth, was collected and mapped by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system. The dataset was last updated on May 21, 2026.
Use Cases
- Map earthquake impact zones based on the provided epicenter coordinates and magnitude.
- Analyze disaster risk by correlating the event location with population data mentioned in the description.
- Support humanitarian response planning using the geospatial information collected by the ADAM system.
Strengths
- Provides specific event details: magnitude 6.5, depth 10.0 km, and precise epicenter coordinates (latitude 16.5372, longitude -59.5681).
- Data originates from the WFP's operational Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system.
- Dataset is available in structured formats like GEOJSON and CSV.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description states the event impacted 0 people within 50km, which may indicate limited direct human impact data for this specific area.
Provenance
- Source
- WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping
- Collection Method
- Collected, analysed and mapped by the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.
- Time Range
- Event occurred on October 27, 2025.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 22:09:13.072080
- Geography
- 162 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe.