A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km E of Codrington, Barbuda (62 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.69 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000asku. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000asku. The temblor was reported at 10:14:12 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/09/17 / 2017-09-14 14:14:12 / September 14, 2017 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 33.69 km, -60.8704° West, 17.599° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 100 km E of Codrington, Barbuda.
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