A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sandy Ground Village in Anguilla. Exact location of event, longitude -63.4486 West, latitude 18.5472 North, depth = 59.578 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 09:58:10 / April 28, 2024 @ 9:58 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:58:10 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mul2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mul2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.578 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Philipsburg, Cul de Sac, Marigot (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Philipsburg (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km NW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla.
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