A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from The Valley in Anguilla. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.5278 West, latitude 18.4923 North, depth = 86 km. Global time and date of event 25/12/15 / 2015-12-25 20:45:24 / December 25, 2015 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:45:24 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr15359009. Event ids that are associated: pr15359009.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Philipsburg, Cul de Sac, Marigot (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Philipsburg (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km WNW of The Valley, Anguilla.
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