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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda


Earthquake location 17.4555S, -61.874WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 09:03:18 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 09:03:18 / June 9, 2024 @ 9:03 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.555 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -61.874° West, 17.4555° North, depth 63.555 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrbe. Id of event: us7000mrbe.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basseterre, Cayon, Monkey Hill (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop), Saint Kitts and Nevis (c. 51 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fig Tree (c. 2 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Market Shop (c. 2 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SSW of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.874° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4555° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.555 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km SSW of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-09 09:03:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-09 09:15:46 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 2.7 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 272 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.228 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mrbe Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrbe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrbe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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