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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda


Earthquake location 17.788S, -61.4744WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000ns2h. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns2h. Exact location of event, longitude -61.4744 West, latitude 17.788 North, depth = 33.348 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:11:50 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 21:11:50 / November 15, 2024 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.348 km (21 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bolands, Falmouth, Saint John’s (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Falmouth (c. 600 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

Questions or comments?

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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.4744° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.788° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.348 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km ENE 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 2024-11-15 21:11:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-15 21:26:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 369 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000ns2h Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns2h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns2h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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