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Minor earthquake, 3.68 mag has occurred near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.109S, -64.6508WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000dj5n, pr2021072008. Unique identifier: pr2021072008. Exact location of event, depth 66 km, -64.6508° West, 19.109° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/21 / 2021-03-13 21:24:01 / March 13, 2021 @ 9:24 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66 km (41 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:24:01 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 87 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.68 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6508° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.109° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 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 2021-03-13 21:24:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-14 15:39:53 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 208 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.5395 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 340 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 pr2021072008 Id of event.
Event Code 2021072008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dj5n,pr2021072008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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