Strong earthquake, 6 mag has occurred near Codrington in Barbuda

A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 122 km ENE of Codrington, Barbuda (76 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -60.7186° West, 17.9812° North, depth 24.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 24.54 km (15 miles). Global time and date of event 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 11:26:32 / March 19, 2016 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20005azy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005azy. The temblor was reported at 07:26:32 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter).

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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 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: 122 km ENE of Codrington, Barbuda.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-60.7186° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9812° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	122km ENE of Codrington, Barbuda	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-03-19 11:26:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-19 11:46:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	20	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.69	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	562	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.062	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20005azy	Id of event.
Event Code	20005azy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005azy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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