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Minor earthquake: M3.59 quake has struck near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.0418S, -64.7783WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 12:46:02 / April 28, 2024 @ 12:46 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mumf, pr2024119008. Id of event: pr2024119008. The epicenter was at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). The 3.59-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:46:02 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.7783° West, 19.0418° North, depth 31 km.

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.

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

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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. 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.7783° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31 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 2024-04-28 12:46:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-01 04:56:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 199 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6468 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 274 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 pr2024119008 Id of event.
Event Code 2024119008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mumf,pr2024119008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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