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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Stoney Ground in Anguilla


Earthquake location 19.04S, -62.285WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 120 km NE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla (75 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pt19106003. Unique identifier: pt19106003. The temblor was reported at 06:29:13 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -62.285° West, latitude 19.04° North, depth = 20 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 10:29:13 / April 16, 2019 @ 10:29 am.

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 120 km NE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla. This information 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 -62.285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.04° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120km NE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-16 10:29:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-16 10:36:26 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 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19106003 Id of event.
Event Code 19106003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19106003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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