A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from East End in Cayman Islands on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 15:59:59 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.9201 West, latitude 19.0973 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ih2. Id of event: us60007ih2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 20:59:59 / January 28, 2020 @ 8:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Cayman Islands (c. 44 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was West Bay, George Town, Bodden Town. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from George Town (c. 29 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from West Bay (c. 11 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bodden Town (c. 10 300 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km SE of East End, Cayman Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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