A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Marigot in Saint Martin on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2019257012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019257012. The temblor was picked up at 19:03:50 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.6773 West, latitude 18.0891 North, depth = 113 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113 km (70 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 23:03:50 / September 14, 2019 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Philipsburg (c. 1 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from The Bottom (c. 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was The Bottom, Philipsburg, The Valley. Close country/countries, 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) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 seven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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