A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Bathsheba in Barbados. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -58.9876 West, latitude 13.889 North, depth = 11.1 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:55:23 / 3:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.1 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 19:55:23 / July 25, 2015 @ 7:55 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000304e. Unique identifier: us2000304e.
The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Bathsheba (c. 1 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Greenland (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bathsheba, Greenland (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 93 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados.
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