A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 116 km E of East End, Cayman Islands (72 miles). Exact location, longitude -80.0157° West, latitude 19.1602° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 05:55:07 / February 2, 2020 @ 5:55 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007mkr. Id of event: us60007mkr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:55:07 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 116 km E of East End, Cayman Islands.
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