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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Bathsheba in Barbados


Earthquake location 13.948S, -58.4068WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados (89 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 21:14:57 / July 18, 2015 @ 9:14 pm. Exact location of event, depth 19.68 km, -58.4068° West, 13.948° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:14:57 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.68 km (12 miles). Event id: us1000307b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000307b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 144 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -58.4068° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 144km 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 2015-07-18 21:14:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-14 20:57:00 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 271 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 1.376 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us1000307b Id of event.
Event Code 1000307b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000307b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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