A 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.
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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. 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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