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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on December 24, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7911S, -64.9031WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2018358001. Event ids that are associated: pr2018358001, us2000iwz1. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 02:47:02 / December 24, 2018 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:47:02 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9031° West, 18.7911° North, depth 26 km.

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). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.9031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7911° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km 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 2018-12-24 02:47:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-24 03:24:20 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 138 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.147 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 333 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 pr2018358001 Id of event.
Event Code 2018358001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018358001,us2000iwz1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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