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Minor earthquake, 3.91 mag was detected near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 24, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3056S, -64.7866WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (55 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/17 / 2017-05-24 14:25:43 / May 24, 2017 @ 2:25 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2017144012. Event ids that are associated: pr2017144012, us10008uut. The 3.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:25:43 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.7866° West, latitude 19.3056° North, depth = 44 km.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 88 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.7866° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3056° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km 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 2017-05-24 14:25:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-24 15:52:25 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 235 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1145 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 288 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 pr2017144012 Id of event.
Event Code 2017144012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017144012,us10008uut, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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