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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 78 km WNW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla


Earthquake location 18.341666666667S, -63.8155WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.8155° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.341666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km WNW 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 2024-05-05 09:37:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-05 10:05:22 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 178 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7617 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 pr71447753 Id of event.
Event Code 71447753 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71447753, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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