Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Stoney Ground in Anguilla

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 120 km NE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla (75 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pt19106003. Unique identifier: pt19106003. The temblor was reported at 06:29:13 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -62.285° West, latitude 19.04° North, depth = 20 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 10:29:13 / April 16, 2019 @ 10:29 am.

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 120 km NE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.285° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.04° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	120km NE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-04-16 10:29:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-16 10:36:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt19106003	Id of event.
Event Code	19106003	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19106003,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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