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Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag has occurred near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on February 8, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0368S, -64.6971WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:30:01 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48 km, -64.6971° West, 19.0368° North. Id of earthquake: pr2021039016. Event ids that are associated: pr2021039016. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 18:30:01 / February 8, 2021 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 78 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6971° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0368° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km N of Cruz Bay, 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 2021-02-08 18:30:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-08 19:06:06 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 180 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.4584 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 339 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 pr2021039016 Id of event.
Event Code 2021039016 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2021039016, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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