Minor earthquake 3.07 mag, 38 km NW of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9975 West, latitude 17.9595 North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 07:04:36 / May 7, 2018 @ 7:04 am. Event id: pr2018127003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018127003. The temblor was detected at 03:04:36 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.07 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.9975° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9595° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km NW 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	2018-05-07 07:04:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-09 12:29:28	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	145	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8707	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	347	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	pr2018127003	Id of event.
Event Code	2018127003	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018127003,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake 3.07 mag, 38 km NW of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands

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