Barbados earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 99 km NE of Greenland, Barbados

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 99 km NE of Greenland, Barbados on Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 2:06 PM AST (18:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-07-17 18:06:34 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.966° N, 59.015° W
Region
Barbados
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.7 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
144°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2126 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4089 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.2North Atlantic Ocean · 4088 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.5151 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4088 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.5130 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4088 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.482 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.489 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.3140 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4085 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.6116 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4082 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.2146 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4080 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.4129 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4079 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.6125 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4069 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 5.1142 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4091 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
  2. 6.5128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4091 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 94 · tsunami flag
  3. 5.7135 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4091 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 25

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002y64. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.