Light earthquake 4.16 mag, 74 km WNW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba

A light earthquake magnitude 4.16 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from The Bottom in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 04:00:03 / January 3, 2018 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). Exact location of event, depth 118 km, -63.8385° West, 17.9995° North. The 4.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:00:03 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018003000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018003000.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba (c. 18 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Philipsburg (c. 1 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from The Bottom (c. 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Valley, Philipsburg, Cul de Sac.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-63.8385° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9995° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74km WNW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-03 04:00:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-03 04:49:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	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	266	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7062	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.4 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	165	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	pr2018003000	Id of event.
Event Code	2018003000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018003000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.16 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-63.8385° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.9995° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

118 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

74km WNW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-01-03 04:00:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-01-03 04:49:02

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

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

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

266

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.7062

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.4 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

165

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pr2018003000

Id of event.

Event Code

2018003000

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pr2018003000,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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