Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Blowing Point Village in Anguilla

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Blowing Point Village in Anguilla. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.9 km (66 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/20 / 2020-11-13 20:35:12 / November 13, 2020 @ 8:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -63.284 West, latitude 18.03 North, depth = 105.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt20318050. Unique identifier: pt20318050. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:12 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trinity, Cayon, Middle Island (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Saint Paul’s (c. 2 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Middle Island (c. 2 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nicola Town (c. 2 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from The Valley (c. 2 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Anguilla (c. 13 000 pop), 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).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-63.284° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.03° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	105.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km SW of Blowing Point Village, Anguilla	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-11-13 20:35:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-13 20:41:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	326	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	16	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	pt20318050	Id of event.
Event Code	20318050	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20318050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-63.284° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.03° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

105.9 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

25 km SW of Blowing Point Village, Anguilla

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-11-13 20:35:12

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-11-13 20:41:59

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.1

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt20318050

Id of event.

Event Code

20318050

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt20318050,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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