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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.2258S, -64.6201WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (62 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/20 / 2020-08-30 11:42:10 / August 30, 2020 @ 11:42 am. Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -64.6201° West, 19.2258° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:42:10 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020243004. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bf0x, pr2020243004.

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6201° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2258° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100 km N of Cruz Bay, 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 2020-08-30 11:42:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-30 12:31:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 211 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6384 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 334 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 pr2020243004 Id of event.
Event Code 2020243004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bf0x,pr2020243004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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