M4.7 earthquake 137 km NE of Crane, Barbados
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 137 km NE of Crane, Barbados on Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 12:12 PM AST (16:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 North Atlantic Ocean. 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
- 2015-09-29 16:12:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.799° N, 58.399° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 125
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8North Atlantic Ocean · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2153 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 3982 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0160 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 3970 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayBarbados earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003iw1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.