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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near The Valley in Anguilla


Earthquake location 18.4635S, -62.9919WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from The Valley in Anguilla. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.893 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 08:43:10 / August 16, 2024 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:43:10 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7d9. Unique identifier: us7000n7d9. Exact location of event, longitude -62.9919 West, latitude 18.4635 North, depth = 39.893 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gustavia, Philipsburg, Cul de Sac (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Philipsburg (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Saint Barthelemy (c. 8 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km NNE of The Valley, Anguilla. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.9919° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4635° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.893 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NNE 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 2024-08-16 08:43:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-16 09:16:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.419 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n7d9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7d9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7d9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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