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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.0295S, -64.769166666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 14:30:03 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.94 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.769166666667° West, 19.0295° North, depth 33.94 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 14:30:03 / April 29, 2024 @ 2:30 pm. Event id: pr71447203. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muwv, pr71447203.

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 77 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.769166666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0295° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 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 2024-04-29 14:30:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 16:34:37 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 148 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 280 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 pr71447203 Id of event.
Event Code 71447203 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muwv,pr71447203, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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