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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 53 km E of Micoud, Saint Lucia

Posted by admin on October 26, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.7758S, -60.4109WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Micoud in Saint Lucia on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 14.47 km, -60.4109° West, 13.7758° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.47 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 00:21:58 / October 26, 2019 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:21:58 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60006325. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006325.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Castries (c. 20 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bisée (c. 13 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Vieux Fort (c. 4 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Micoud (c. 3 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Soufrière (c. 2 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dennery (c. 2 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soufrière, Anse La Raye, Choiseul (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 53 km E of Micoud, Saint Lucia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.4109° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km E of Micoud, Saint Lucia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-26 00:21:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-26 06:48:53 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 234 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 ,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 0.796 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60006325 Id of event.
Event Code 60006325 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006325, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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