Minor earthquake: M3 quake has struck near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 02:01:33 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/17 / 2017-06-04 06:01:33 / June 4, 2017 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121 km (75 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.6611 West, latitude 18.0758 North, depth = 121 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017155012. Id of event: pr2017155012.

Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km N of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.6611° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.0758° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	121 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km N 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	2017-06-04 06:01:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-06-05 02:14:31	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	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	6	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6632	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 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	pr2017155012	Id of event.
Event Code	2017155012	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017155012,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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