A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Oistins in Barbados on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.429 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47.429 km, -59.509° West, 13.0649° North. The temblor was reported at 17:20:36 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rkn0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkn0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 17:20:36 / October 10, 2025 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) from Bridgetown (c. 98 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Speightstown (c. 3 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Oistins (c. 2 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Bathsheba (c. 1 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Holetown (c. 1 400 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Crane (c. 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Speightstown, Greenland, Holetown (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km E of Oistins, Barbados. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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