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

Posted by admin on November 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8755S, -65.1347WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: us6000cpsl. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20323050, us6000cpsl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/20 / 2020-11-18 11:59:09 / November 18, 2020 @ 11:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1347 West, latitude 18.8755 North, depth = 37.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:59:09 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.71 km (23 miles).

Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Río Grande, Isabel Segunda. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1347° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8755° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km NNW 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 2020-11-18 11:59:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-18 12:14:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 288 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 0.995 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000cpsl Id of event.
Event Code 6000cpsl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20323050,us6000cpsl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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