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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0875S, -64.8566WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 12:23:31 / April 28, 2024 @ 12:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8566 West, latitude 19.0875 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2024119002. Ids that are associated to the event: pt24119001, us6000mum7, pr2024119002. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:23:31 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8566° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0875° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km N 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 2024-04-28 12:23:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 21:21:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 31 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.5 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 380 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7134 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 224 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2024119002 Id of event.
Event Code 2024119002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24119001,us6000mum7,pr2024119002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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