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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Crane in Barbados


Earthquake location 13.7994S, -58.4107WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 136 km NE of Crane, Barbados (85 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9.635 km, -58.4107° West, 13.7994° North. Id of earthquake: us6000mva0. Event ids that are associated: us6000mva0. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:51:10 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.635 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/24 / 2024-04-30 17:51:10 / April 30, 2024 @ 5:51 pm.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 136 km NE of Crane, Barbados.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -58.4107° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7994° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.635 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 136 km NE of Crane, Barbados Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-30 17:51:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 18:28:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 400 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 152 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.293 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mva0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mva0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mva0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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