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Light earthquake, 4.24 mag has occurred near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.2013S, -64.6225WA light earthquake magnitude 4.24 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 119 kilometers (74 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6225 West, latitude 19.2013 North, depth = 83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 15:13:42 / April 11, 2018 @ 3:13 pm. The 4.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:13:42 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt18101052, pr2018101015, us2000dy1l. Unique identifier: pr2018101015. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 119 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6225° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 119km N 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 2018-04-11 15:13:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-11 16:07:48 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 277 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 ,pt,pr,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6205 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 219 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 pr2018101015 Id of event.
Event Code 2018101015 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18101052,pr2018101015,us2000dy1l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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