Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 147 km N of Codrington, Barbuda

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 147 km N of Codrington, Barbuda (91 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -61.745 West, latitude 18.962 North, depth = 9.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 17:43:34 / February 9, 2018 @ 5:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:43:34 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.9 km (6 miles). Event id: pt18040003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18040003.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 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: 147 km N of Codrington, Barbuda.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-61.745° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.962° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	147km N 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	2018-02-09 17:43:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-09 17:51:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	467	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt18040003	Id of event.
Event Code	18040003	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt18040003,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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