A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 138 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados (86 miles). Global time and date of event 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 21:23:27 / July 21, 2015 @ 9:23 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000312k. Id of event: us1000312k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -58.4556° West, 13.9234° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:23:27 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 138 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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