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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 68 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on December 17, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9738S, -64.3432WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -64.3432° West, 18.9738° North, depth 31 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 23:26:20 / December 16, 2016 @ 11:26 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16351010. Id of event: pr16351010. The temblor was reported at 19:26:20 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 68 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.3432° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9738° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km NNE of Road Town, British 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 2016-12-16 23:26:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-17 04:30:02 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 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 158 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.10941938 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 309.6 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 pr16351010 Id of event.
Event Code 16351010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16351010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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