A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Codrington in Barbuda. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/19 / 2019-12-19 15:00:39 / December 19, 2019 @ 3:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -61.522° West, 18.016° North, depth 2.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.8 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: pt19353002. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19353002. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:00:39 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Codrington (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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