A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda. The temblor was detected at 14:10:38 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.84 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 18:10:38 / November 10, 2018 @ 6:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.2201 West, latitude 17.5869 North, depth = 24.84 km. Id of earthquake: us1000hqcd. Event ids that are associated: us1000hqcd.
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Falmouth (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bolands, Falmouth, Saint John’s.
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km E of Codrington, Barbuda. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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