A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Speightstown in Barbados on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us7000pvgz. Event ids that are associated: us7000pvgz. The temblor was reported at 23:33:04 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.492 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -60.3173 West, latitude 13.2226 North, depth = 39.492 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 23:33:04 / April 27, 2025 @ 11:33 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laborie, Micoud, Georgetown (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bridgetown (c. 98 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Vieux Fort (c. 4 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Speightstown (c. 3 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Micoud (c. 3 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Oistins (c. 2 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bathsheba (c. 1 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 pop), Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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