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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 1964 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda


Earthquake location 25.895S, -44.9914WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 1964 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda (1220 miles). Exact location, longitude -44.9914° West, latitude 25.895° North, depth = 10 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 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000a6h7. Event ids that are associated: us6000a6h7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 03:32:58 / May 30, 2020 @ 3:32 am. The temblor was reported at 03:32:58 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 1964 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -44.9914° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.895° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1964 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 2020-05-30 03:32:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-07 00:19:42 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 326 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 21.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us6000a6h7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a6h7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a6h7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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