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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Codrington in Antigua and Barbuda on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 09:51:35 / July 25, 2025 @ 9:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.5401 West, latitude 17.7233 North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qv0m. Id of event: us6000qv0m. The temblor was reported at 09:51:35 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Piggotts (c. 1 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bolands (c. 1 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Codrington (c. 1 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Parham (c. 1 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Falmouth (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Falmouth, Bolands, Saint John’s. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 31 km ENE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-61.5401° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.7233° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31 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	2025-07-25 09:51:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-26 00:08:40	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	284	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.24	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	108	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	us6000qv0m	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qv0m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qv0m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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