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Minor earthquake, 3.13 mag strikes near Virgin Islands region


Earthquake location 19.1298S, -64.8258WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Virgin Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Virgin Islands region. Event id: pr2018356010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018356010. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8258 West, latitude 19.1298 North, depth = 64 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 14:17:20 / December 22, 2018 @ 2:17 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:17:20 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64 km (40 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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. 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: Virgin Islands region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8258° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64 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 2018-12-22 14:17:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-22 18:15:04 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 151 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.422 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 336 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 pr2018356010 Id of event.
Event Code 2018356010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018356010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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