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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Codrington in Barbuda


Earthquake location 18.1597S, -61.5886WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 20.08 km, -61.5886° West, 18.1597° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 10:35:34 / May 1, 2016 @ 10:35 am. Id of earthquake: us10005ctx. Event ids that are associated: us10005ctx. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:35:34 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). 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 20.08 km (12 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Codrington. Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 63 km NNE of Codrington, Barbuda.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.5886° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km NNE of Codrington, Barbuda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-01 10:35:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-01 10:51:31 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 354 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 0.523 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us10005ctx Id of event.
Event Code 10005ctx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005ctx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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