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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 42 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda


Earthquake location 17.7965S, -61.4635WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 09:48:47 / November 16, 2024 @ 9:48 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:48:47 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ns57. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns57. Exact location of earthquake, -61.4635° West, 17.7965° North, depth 24.14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.14 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Falmouth (c. 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bolands, Falmouth, Saint John’s (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.4635° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7965° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 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 2024-11-16 09:48:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-16 11:04:43 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 312 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.332 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000ns57 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns57 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns57, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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