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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 77 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on August 9, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0373S, -65.0445WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. 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: 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 14:21:43 / August 9, 2019 @ 2:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.43 km (21 miles). Unique identifier: us600052sq. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19221000, us600052sq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0445 West, latitude 19.0373 North, depth = 34.43 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:21:43 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

Each 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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0445° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0373° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km 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 2019-08-09 14:21:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-09 14:37:09 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 284 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 1.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us600052sq Id of event.
Event Code 600052sq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19221000,us600052sq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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