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Minor earthquake, 3.28 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.959833333333S, -64.838666666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 08:46:03 / April 25, 2024 @ 8:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.68 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7.68 km, -64.838666666667° West, 18.959833333333° North. Id of earthquake: pr71446508. Event ids that are associated: pr71446508. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:46:03 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.838666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.959833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 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 2024-04-25 08:46:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-25 09:04:19 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 166 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5753 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 271 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 pr71446508 Id of event.
Event Code 71446508 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71446508, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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