A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Bathsheba in Barbados. The temblor was detected at 19:08:16 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -58.985 West, latitude 13.8132 North, depth = 18.52 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002ysc. Unique identifier: us20002ysc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.52 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 23:08:16 / July 20, 2015 @ 11:08 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Crane, Greenland, Bathsheba. Close country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Bathsheba (c. 1 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Crane (c. 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Greenland (c. 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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