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Minor earthquake, 3.34 mag was detected near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.6935S, -63.6521WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 174 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (108 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019208001. Unique identifier: pr2019208001. The temblor was detected at 22:42:43 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -63.6521° West, latitude 19.6935° North, depth = 59 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 02:42:43 / July 27, 2019 @ 2:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 174 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.34 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.6521° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6935° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 174km NE 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 2019-07-27 02:42:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-27 04:57:44 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 172 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.6893 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 348 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 pr2019208001 Id of event.
Event Code 2019208001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019208001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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