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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Blowing Point Village in Anguilla

Posted by admin on March 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9374S, -63.1482WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Blowing Point Village in Anguilla. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:53:59 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pnj1. Event ids that are associated: us7000pnj1. Exact location, longitude -63.1482° West, latitude 17.9374° North, depth = 98.021 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 04:53:59 / March 29, 2025 @ 4:53 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 98.021 km (61 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basseterre, Monkey Hill, Trinity (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, 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) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 16 km (10 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).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km SSW of Blowing Point Village, Anguilla.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.1482° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9374° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.021 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km SSW 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 2025-03-29 04:53:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-29 05:16:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.5 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 300 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.328 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pnj1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pnj1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pnj1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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