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Minor earthquake, 3.33 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on July 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.233S, -65.1078WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 100 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (62 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:34:02 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80 km (50 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 12:34:02 / July 30, 2018 @ 12:34 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2018211008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018211008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1078 West, latitude 19.233 North, depth = 80 km.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.33 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1078° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100km 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 2018-07-30 12:34:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-30 14:54:58 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 171 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 1.3188 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 333 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 pr2018211008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018211008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018211008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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