M4.2 earthquake 146 km NE of Crane, Barbados
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 146 km NE of Crane, Barbados on Sun, Jul 26, 2015, 6:23 PM AST (22:23 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 129 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-26 22:23:25 UTC
- Depth
- 24.1 km (15.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.886° N, 58.359° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4129 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4074 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.6125 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4064 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.6116 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4076 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3140 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4080 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.489 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4081 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.482 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4081 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4182 km ENE of Crane, Barbados · 4082 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5130 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5151 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2North Atlantic Ocean · 4083 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2126 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4084 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.699 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 5.1142 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 8
- 6.5128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 94 · tsunami flag
- 5.7135 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 25
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000328p. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.