A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda. Id of earthquake: us10002n9d. Event ids that are associated: us10002n9d. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.95 km (14 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:58:20 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -61.4093 West, latitude 17.5111 North, depth = 22.95 km. Global time and date of event 19/06/15 / 2015-06-19 15:58:20 / June 19, 2015 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bolands, Falmouth, Saint John’s (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Falmouth (c. 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km ESE of Codrington, Barbuda.
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