A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from East End in Cayman Islands on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:16:09 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 22:16:09 / January 28, 2020 @ 10:16 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60007ije. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007ije. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.6849 West, latitude 18.9592 North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from George Town (c. 29 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from West Bay (c. 11 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bodden Town (c. 10 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was West Bay, George Town, Bodden Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Cayman Islands (c. 44 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km SE of East End, Cayman Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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