M 3.5 earthquake – 51 km E of Hillsborough, Grenada
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Local time: Jul 1, 2008 · 03:06 (UTC-4)
MinorIntermediate · 70 km
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- Magnitude
- 3.5duration magnitude (md)
- Depth
- 70 kmIntermediate earthquake
- Epicenter
- 12.482, -60.98375 km from Calliaqua
- Energy released
- 2.7 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 188USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jun 28, 2008.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 2.7 tons of TNT, 178 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- 7.4 18 km WNW of Basse-Pointe, Martinique Nov 29, 2007
- 7.3 40 km ENE of Carúpano, Venezuela Aug 21, 2018
- 7.3 18 km WSW of Soufrière, Saint Lucia Mar 19, 1953
- 7.2 45 km W of Saint-Pierre, Martinique Dec 3, 1906
- 6.7 18 km WSW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago Apr 22, 1997
- 6.7 62 km ESE of Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago Mar 10, 1988
- 6.6 42 km W of Güiria, Venezuela Apr 10, 1935
- 6.5 144 km ENE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago Jan 23, 1910