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Minor earthquake 2.87 mag, 61 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.9703S, -64.6938WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2018212021. Event ids that are associated: pr2018212021. The epicenter was at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Global time and date of event 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 05:26:34 / July 31, 2018 @ 5:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 70 km, -64.6938° West, 18.9703° North. The temblor was picked up at 01:26:34 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6938° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9703° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km 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 2018-07-31 05:26:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-31 12:59:09 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 127 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.4213 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 341 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 pr2018212021 Id of event.
Event Code 2018212021 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018212021, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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