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Minor earthquake 2.83 mag, 122 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.422S, -65.1953WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 122 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (76 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/17 / 2017-08-23 09:47:28 / August 23, 2017 @ 9:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, -65.1953° West, 19.422° North, depth 59 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:47:28 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2017235005. Event ids that are associated: pr2017235005.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 122 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1953° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.422° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 122km NNW 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 2017-08-23 09:47:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-23 11:59:29 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 123 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 286 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 pr2017235005 Id of event.
Event Code 2017235005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017235005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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