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Minor earthquake, 3.71 mag was detected near Sandy Ground Village in Anguilla

Posted by admin on October 13, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3081S, -63.8771WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sandy Ground Village in Anguilla on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -63.8771° West, latitude 18.3081° North, depth = 6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:59:46 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020287013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c849, pr2020287013. Global time and date of event 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 22:59:46 / October 13, 2020 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km W of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.71 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.8771° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3081° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km W of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-13 22:59:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-13 23:34:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 212 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.9787 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 347 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2020287013 Id of event.
Event Code 2020287013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c849,pr2020287013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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