A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from East End in Cayman Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.8103 West, latitude 18.9371 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/20 / 2020-03-22 18:35:31 / March 22, 2020 @ 6:35 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008e5g. Id of event: us70008e5g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:35:31 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from George Town (c. 29 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from West Bay (c. 11 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bodden Town (c. 10 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Cayman Islands (c. 44 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was West Bay, George Town, Bodden Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km SE of East End, Cayman Islands.
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