Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 58 km, -64.5199° West, 17.9909° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:14:23 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16105002. Id of event: pr16105002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/04/16 / 2016-04-14 06:14:23 / April 14, 2016 @ 6:14 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Tortola (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km NE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.5199° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9909° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33km NE 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	2016-04-14 06:14:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-04-14 06:43:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	247	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	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.42939471	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75.6	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	pr16105002	Id of event.
Event Code	16105002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr16105002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-64.5199° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.9909° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

58 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

33km NE 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

2016-04-14 06:14:23

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-04-14 06:43:03

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

Timezone offset

-240

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

247

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

,pr,

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

0.42939471

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.99 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

75.6

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

pr16105002

Id of event.

Event Code

16105002

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

Event IDS

,pr16105002,

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

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