M4.7 earthquake 27 km NNW of Brades, Montserrat
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of Brades, Montserrat on Tue, Mar 19, 1985, 12:53 PM AST (16:53 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 19 km SSE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-19 16:53:44 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.999° N, 62.351° W
- Region
- Montserrat
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.320 km ESE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15159 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.421 km SE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15153 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.922 km ESE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15148 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.319 km SE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15148 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.324 km SSE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.019 km SSE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15144 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 5.121 km N of Brades, Montserrat · 15169 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.824 km SSE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15171 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.426 km ESE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15172 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.618 km SSE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15172 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 6.518 km SE of Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis · 15172 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002d1m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC.