Earthquake: M 4.1 quake strikes near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 11:30:49 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Global time of event 20/03/15 / 2015-03-20 15:30:49 / March 20, 2015 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -64.0019 West, latitude 17.527 North, depth 17 km, unique identifier, pr15079019.

Close countries, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba (c. 18 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from The Bottom (c. 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, The Bottom.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.0019° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.527° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	78km ESE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-03-20 15:30:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-03-20 15:35:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	1	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	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.73212696	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	194.4	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	pr15079019	Id of event.
Event Code	15079019	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00nliofe,pr15079019,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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