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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Bathsheba in Barbados


Earthquake location 13.8132S, -58.985WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -58.985° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8132° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km 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 2015-07-20 23:08:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-20 23:28:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 0.868 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us20002ysc Id of event.
Event Code 20002ysc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002ysc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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