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Minor earthquake 3.41 mag, 74 km ESE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.125S, -64.120666666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 18:54:54 / May 29, 2024 @ 6:54 pm. Event id: pr71450898. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71450898. The temblor was picked up at 18:54:54 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.120666666667° West, 18.125° North, depth 21.64 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.64 km (13 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km ESE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.120666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km ESE 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 2024-05-29 18:54:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-29 19:25:28 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 179 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5582 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 324 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 pr71450898 Id of event.
Event Code 71450898 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71450898, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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