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Minor earthquake 3.79 mag, 176 km NNW of The Valley, Anguilla


Earthquake location 19.7161S, -63.6155WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 176 km NNW of The Valley, Anguilla (109 miles). Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -63.6155° West, 19.7161° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 00:53:30 / May 2, 2024 @ 12:53 am. The temblor was detected at 00:53:30 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Event id: pr2024123000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024123000.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 176 km NNW of The Valley, Anguilla.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.79 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.6155° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.7161° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 176 km NNW of The Valley, Anguilla Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-02 00:53:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-02 01:36:05 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 221 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6428 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 326 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 pr2024123000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024123000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024123000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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