A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from The Valley in Anguilla. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:00 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/17 / 2017-02-15 04:39:00 / February 15, 2017 @ 4:39 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77 km (48 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr17046000. Unique identifier: pr17046000. Exact location of earthquake, -63.5929° West, 18.7455° North, depth 77 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Valley (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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