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Minor earthquake, 3.27 mag was detected near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.45 km (34 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/24 / 2024-07-05 10:53:43 / July 5, 2024 @ 10:53 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr71454658. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71454658. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:43 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.004333333333° West, 18.856833333333° North, depth 55.45 km.

The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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. 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: 57 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.27 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.004333333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.856833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.45 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 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	2024-07-05 10:53:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-05 11:19:14	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	165	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5038	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	243	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	pr71454658	Id of event.
Event Code	71454658	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71454658,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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