A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.52 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10008jla. Event ids that are associated: us10008jla. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 28.52 km, -61.0309° West, 17.5083° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/17 / 2017-04-17 15:12:00 / April 17, 2017 @ 3:12 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:12:00 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Parham, Codrington. Country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen 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 earthquakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 84 km E of Codrington, Barbuda. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply