A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Bathsheba in Barbados on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 22:59:27 / July 20, 2015 @ 10:59 pm. Event id: us20002ysg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002ysg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.35 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -59.135° West, 13.8471° North, depth 14.35 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:59:27 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Speightstown (c. 3 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bathsheba (c. 1 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Holetown (c. 1 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Crane (c. 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Greenland (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Holetown, Crane, Speightstown.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km NNE of Bathsheba, Barbados.
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