Barbados earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 126 km NE of Crane, Barbados

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 126 km NE of Crane, Barbados on Sat, Jul 18, 2015, 4:55 AM AST (08:55 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 151 km NE of Crane, Barbados. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-07-18 08:55:08 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.812° N, 58.525° W
Region
Barbados
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.3 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.37
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2North Atlantic Ocean · 4083 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.5151 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.5130 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.4182 km ENE of Crane, Barbados · 4082 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.482 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4081 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.489 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4081 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.3140 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4080 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.6116 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4076 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.2146 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4075 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.4129 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4074 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.6125 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4063 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 4.699 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  2. 5.1142 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 8
  3. 6.5128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 94 · tsunami flag
  4. 5.7135 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 25

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000307j. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC.