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Light earthquake 4.13 mag, 66 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.3741S, -64.6501WA light earthquake magnitude 4.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 66 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6501 West, latitude 19.3741 North, depth = 39 km. Unique identifier: pr2019151000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019151000, us70003thk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:04 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 01:27:04 / May 31, 2019 @ 1:27 am UTC/GMT.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6501° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3741° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km 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 2019-05-31 01:27:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-31 02:34:46 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 262 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 221 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 pr2019151000 Id of event.
Event Code 2019151000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019151000,us70003thk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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