A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from The Valley in Anguilla. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -63.3619° West, latitude 18.5531° North, depth = 40.16 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 16:52:08 / July 25, 2016 @ 4:52 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:52:08 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.16 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hgx. Id of event: us20006hgx.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gustavia, Philipsburg, Cul de Sac. Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Philipsburg (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Saint Barthelemy (c. 8 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 49 km NW of The Valley, Anguilla.
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