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Minor earthquake, 3 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on August 18, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0109S, -65.0335WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/16 / 2016-08-18 03:34:12 / August 18, 2016 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:34:12 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: pr16231005. Event ids that are associated: pr16231005. Exact location, longitude -65.0335° West, latitude 19.0109° North, depth = 38 km.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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 N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0109° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km N of Charlotte Amalie, 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 2016-08-18 03:34:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-18 07:23:54 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 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 138 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.66026173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 266.4 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr16231005 Id of event.
Event Code 16231005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16231005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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