A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.67 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -61.621° West, latitude 18.1752° North, depth = 20.67 km. Event id: us10005gcd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gcd. Global time and date of event 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 16:36:44 / May 1, 2016 @ 4:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:36:44 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Codrington.
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km NNE of Codrington, Barbuda. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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