A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Blowing Point Village in Anguilla on Wednesday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:05:23 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -63.0983° West, 17.9576° North, depth 86.04 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/20 / 2020-11-11 22:05:23 / November 11, 2020 @ 10:05 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000cdke. Event ids that are associated: us7000cdke. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.04 km (53 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monkey Hill, Trinity, Cayon. Earthquake epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Saint Paul’s (c. 2 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Middle Island (c. 2 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Saint Barthelemy (c. 8 000 pop), Saint Kitts and Nevis (c. 51 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km S of Blowing Point Village, Anguilla. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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