M4.2 earthquake North Atlantic Ocean
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the North Atlantic Ocean on Tue, Dec 15, 2015, 1:51 AM AST (05:51 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-15 05:51:25 UTC
- Depth
- 26.6 km (16.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.912° N, 58.388° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004h9x. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC.