A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Bathsheba in Barbados on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.45 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -59.106 West, latitude 13.9725 North, depth = 10.45 km. The temblor was detected at 14:06:35 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 18:06:35 / July 17, 2015 @ 6:06 pm. Id of earthquake: us20002y64. Event ids that are associated: us20002y64.
Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Bathsheba (c. 1 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Greenland (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bathsheba, Greenland. Country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 94 km NNE of Bathsheba, Barbados. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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