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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.4207S, -65.0189WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:41:42 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -65.0189° West, 18.4207° North. Event id: us60004wuy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19209051, us60004wuy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/19 / 2019-07-28 21:41:42 / July 28, 2019 @ 9:41 pm.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canovanas, San Isidro, Loíza (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0189° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4207° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NW 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 2019-07-28 21:41:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-28 22:01:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 73 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 314 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.835 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60004wuy Id of event.
Event Code 60004wuy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19209051,us60004wuy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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