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Minor earthquake 3.68 mag, 133 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.5393S, -64.8206WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 133 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (83 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:57:57 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8206 West, latitude 19.5393 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 16:57:57 / May 23, 2024 @ 4:57 pm. Event id: pr2024144000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0il, pr2024144000.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 133 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.68 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8206° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5393° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 133 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 2024-05-23 16:57:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-23 18:03:46 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 1.1423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 292 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 pr2024144000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024144000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0il,pr2024144000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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