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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Codrington in Barbuda


Earthquake location 17.4734S, -61.2213WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -61.2213° West, 17.4734° North, depth 31.93 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.93 km (20 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:16:19 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008hxr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008hxr. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/04/17 / 2017-04-15 18:16:19 / April 15, 2017 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Falmouth (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bolands, Falmouth, Saint John’s (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km ESE of Codrington, Barbuda. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.2213° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4734° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km ESE 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 2017-04-15 18:16:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-15 18:43:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 0.572 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us10008hxr Id of event.
Event Code 10008hxr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008hxr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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