UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location
DATE AND TIME:
2022-09-28 3:48 pm (Local Time)
2022-09-28 19:48 (UTC)
MAGNITUDE:
5.3
LOCATION:
Latitude: 17.67N
Longitude: 61.74W
Depth: 10 km
NEARBY CITIES:
63 km NNE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
117 km NE of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
159 km N of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake has been recorded 39 miles (63 km) North-North-East of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
The quake which was also felt North East of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis and North of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe was recorded around 3:48 pm Eastern Time, according to an initial submission by the UWI Seismic Research Centre.
The quake was recorded at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km).
Residents in Antigua mainly reported feeling the earth shake in St John’s and surrounding areas, as well as communities like English Harbour, Bolans, Urlings.
A few people in Barbuda have also reported feeling the earthquake.
This is the second recorded earthquake on Antigua in the month of September. On September 4, the research centre registered a magnitude 3.9 earthquake, 52.8 miles (85 km) East of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
There was also a magnitude 5.0 earthquake recorded on September 10th in Dominica, Guadeloupe & Martinique – the closet of which is the island of Guadeloupe, which is 57 miles south of Antigua by air.
