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Minor earthquake, 3.35 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 16, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.734S, -65.2031WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was reported 156 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (97 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 10:26:32 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/05/19 / 2019-05-16 14:26:32 / May 16, 2019 @ 2:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -65.2031 West, latitude 19.734 North, depth = 101 km. Unique identifier: pr2019136012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019136012. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 156 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 3.35 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.2031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.734° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 156km 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 2019-05-16 14:26:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-16 16:04:52 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 173 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 1.7179 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 304 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 pr2019136012 Id of event.
Event Code 2019136012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019136012, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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