A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Sandy Ground Village in Anguilla. The temblor was reported at 09:37:39 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.29 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 09:37:39 / May 5, 2024 @ 9:37 am. Exact location, longitude -63.8155° West, latitude 18.341666666667° North, depth = 5.29 km. Event id: pr71447753. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71447753.
Close country/countries, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marigot, The Valley (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 78 km WNW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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