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Minor earthquake, 3.46 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on December 7, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9405S, -65.1383WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:07:23 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1383 West, latitude 18.9405 North, depth = 28 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cnsf, pr2020342001. Unique identifier: pr2020342001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/20 / 2020-12-07 07:07:23 / December 7, 2020 @ 7:07 am.

Nearby 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). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 69 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.46 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1383° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9405° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 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 2020-12-07 07:07:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-07 07:46:23 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 184 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0688 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 324 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 pr2020342001 Id of event.
Event Code 2020342001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cnsf,pr2020342001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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