M4.4 earthquake 82 km NE of Greenland, Barbados
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 82 km NE of Greenland, Barbados on Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 6:59 PM AST (22:59 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 116 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-20 22:59:27 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.835° N, 59.094° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.489 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4082 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3140 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4081 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6116 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4077 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2146 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4076 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4129 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4074 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6125 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4064 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.5130 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5151 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4083 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2North Atlantic Ocean · 4084 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2126 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 4084 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.699 km NE of Greenland, Barbados · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 5.1142 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
- 6.5128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 94 · tsunami flag
- 5.7135 km ENE of Bathsheba, Barbados · 4086 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 25
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002ysg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.