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Minor earthquake, 3.75 mag was detected near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on October 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2281S, -64.8028WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) was reported 99 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (62 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8028 West, latitude 19.2281 North, depth = 79 km. Event id: pr2020295001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020295001. The temblor was picked up at 02:27:19 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/20 / 2020-10-21 02:27:19 / October 21, 2020 @ 2:27 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 99 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.75 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8028° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2281° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 km 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 2020-10-21 02:27:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-21 03:08:12 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 216 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 1.5078 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 338 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 pr2020295001 Id of event.
Event Code 2020295001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020295001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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