A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Marigot in Saint Martin on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 00:16:16 / May 15, 2016 @ 12:16 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:16:16 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16136001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16136001. Exact location of event, longitude -63.7643 West, latitude 18.2038 North, depth = 98 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 98 km (61 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cul de Sac, The Valley, Marigot (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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