Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -64.2926° West, 17.9105° North. The temblor was reported at 06:24:40 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018292014. Event ids that are associated: pr2018292014. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 10:24:40 / October 19, 2018 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Tortola, Road Town.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 47 km ENE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.2926° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9105° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47km ENE of Christiansted, 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	2018-10-19 10:24:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-19 13:31:18	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	158	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	1.5734	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	351	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	pr2018292014	Id of event.
Event Code	2018292014	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018292014,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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