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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda

Posted by admin on December 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0715S, -61.175WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 04:47:19 / December 9, 2024 @ 4:47 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nx7u. Event ids that are associated: us7000nx7u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.175 West, latitude 18.0715 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 04:47:19 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Codrington (min 5000 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 five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 83 km NE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0715° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km NE 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 2024-12-09 04:47:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 04:59:53 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 246 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.706 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 244 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 us7000nx7u Id of event.
Event Code 7000nx7u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nx7u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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