A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Scarborough in Trinidad and Tobago. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 03:38:31 / June 9, 2016 @ 3:38 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:31 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -60.9562° West, latitude 11.8133° North, depth = 64.67 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062zl. Id of event: us200062zl. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.67 km (40 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Victoria, Saint George’s, Sauteurs. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Scarborough (c. 17 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Saint George’s (c. 7 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Grenville (c. 2 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Victoria (c. 2 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Saint David’s (c. 1 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sauteurs (c. 1 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Grenada (c. 108 000 pop), Trinidad and Tobago (c. 1 229 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km NNW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago.
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