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Minor earthquake, 3.53 mag has occurred near The Bottom in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba

Posted by admin on January 3, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0363S, -63.9581WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from The Bottom in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba . The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). The 3.53-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:55:58 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -63.9581° West, 18.0363° North, depth 32 km. Event id: pr2021003002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2021003002. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/21 / 2021-01-03 01:55:58 / January 3, 2021 @ 1:55 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km WNW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba .

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.53 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.9581° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0363° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km WNW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-03 01:55:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-03 05:47:59 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 192 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.5955 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 351 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 pr2021003002 Id of event.
Event Code 2021003002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2021003002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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