M4.8 earthquake North Atlantic Ocean
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the North Atlantic Ocean on Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 2:49 PM AST (18:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-29 18:49:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.826° N, 58.277° W
- Region
- Barbados
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 20°, dip 30°, rake -80°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 188°, dip 60°, rake -96°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 189
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2153 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 3982 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0160 km NE of Crane, Barbados · 3970 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayBarbados earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003ixk (also filed as gcmt20150929184936). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.