Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Road Town in British Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on February 19, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4898S, -64.8938WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 116 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (72 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8938 West, latitude 19.4898 North, depth = 87 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:38:06 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019049011. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19049001, us2000jjs5, pr2019049011. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/19 / 2019-02-18 23:38:06 / February 18, 2019 @ 11:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87 km (54 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

Questions or comments?

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: 116 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8938° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116km NNW of Road Town, British 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 2019-02-18 23:38:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-19 00:39:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 360 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6517 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 232 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 pr2019049011 Id of event.
Event Code 2019049011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19049001,us2000jjs5,pr2019049011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today