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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 48 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on September 12, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7798S, -64.8889WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.91 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:18:03 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/18 / 2018-09-12 04:18:03 / September 12, 2018 @ 4:18 am. Event id: us2000hd8j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18255050, us2000hd8j. Exact location of event, depth 45.91 km, -64.8889° West, 18.7798° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Close 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). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 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 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8889° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km 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 2018-09-12 04:18:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-12 04:41:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 33 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 301 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.11 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000hd8j Id of event.
Event Code 2000hd8j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18255050,us2000hd8j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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