A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 138 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados (86 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 16:12:53 / September 29, 2015 @ 4:12 pm. Event id: us10003iw1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003iw1. Exact location of earthquake, -58.4046° West, 13.8399° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:12:53 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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