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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Bathsheba in Barbados


Earthquake location 13.9123S, -58.4791WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 136 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados (85 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 11:01:47 / July 16, 2015 @ 11:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -58.4791 West, latitude 13.9123 North, depth = 15.73 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.73 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:01:47 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20002xw5. Event ids that are associated: us20002xw5.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -58.4791° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9123° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 136km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-16 11:01:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-16 11:26:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 433 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.298 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002xw5 Id of event.
Event Code 20002xw5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002xw5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

1 Comment

  1. Narisha

    At 11 am approximately, I felt dizzy and my office chair shook from side to side. I thought I was unwell until my co-worker complained of the same thing and said her chair shook as well and she also complained of dizziness. It only lasted for a few minutes.

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