M5.7 earthquake 135 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 135 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados on Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 7:01 AM AST (11:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-16 11:01:45 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.877° N, 58.474° W
- Region
- Barbados
- Felt reports
- 25
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
25 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.7 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 230°, dip 85°, rake 6°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 140°, dip 84°, rake 175°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 191
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.5128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4087 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 94 · tsunami flag
- 5.1142 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4087 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 8
- 4.699 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2126 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4085 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2North Atlantic Ocean · 4084 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5151 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4084 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5130 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4084 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4182 km ENE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.482 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4082 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.489 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4082 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3140 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4081 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6116 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4077 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2146 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4076 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4129 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4075 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6125 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4064 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002xw5 (also filed as gcmt20150716110147, iscgem610635903). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.