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Minor earthquake, 3.64 mag has occurred near Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on November 27, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.5598S, -64.2481WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). The 3.64-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:55:12 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.2481 West, latitude 17.5598 North, depth = 56 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/20 / 2020-11-27 16:55:12 / November 27, 2020 @ 4:55 pm. Event id: pr2020332015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020332015.

Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix.

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 56 km ESE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.64 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.2481° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5598° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km ESE of Saint Croix, 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 2020-11-27 16:55:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-27 17:13:48 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 204 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7033 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 348 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 pr2020332015 Id of event.
Event Code 2020332015 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020332015, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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