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Minor earthquake, 3.12 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on August 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9873S, -65.1143WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr2018226008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018226008. Exact location of event, longitude -65.1143 West, latitude 18.9873 North, depth = 46 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 19:52:15 / August 14, 2018 @ 7:52 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:52:15 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1143° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9873° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km 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 2018-08-14 19:52:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-14 23:29:42 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 150 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1197 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 330 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 pr2018226008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018226008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018226008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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