M4.5 earthquake 144 km ENE of Crane, Barbados
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 144 km ENE of Crane, Barbados on Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 8:41 AM AST (12:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 137 km NE of Crane, Barbados. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-29 12:41:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.748° N, 58.285° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 91
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7137 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8North Atlantic Ocean · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2153 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 3982 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0160 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 3970 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayBarbados earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003irj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC.