A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from East End in Cayman Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:41:44 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.4946 West, latitude 18.9847 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000q4ee. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4ee. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 14:41:44 / April 6, 2025 @ 2:41 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Bodden Town (c. 10 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Cayman Islands (c. 44 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bodden Town (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 74 km ESE of East End, Cayman Islands.
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