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Minor earthquake 3.07 mag, Virgin Islands region


Earthquake location 19.2913S, -64.1933WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported Virgin Islands region (0 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 05:41:06 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018249002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018249002. Global time and date of event 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 05:41:06 / September 6, 2018 @ 5:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88 km (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.1933 West, latitude 19.2913 North, depth = 88 km.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1933° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2913° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Virgin Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-06 05:41:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-06 08:28:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.0153 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 345 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 pr2018249002 Id of event.
Event Code 2018249002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018249002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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