Minor earthquake: M3.14 quake has struck near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/24 / 2024-07-28 06:08:53 / July 28, 2024 @ 6:08 am. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:08:53 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.92 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71456368. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71456368. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.518 West, latitude 18.540666666667 North, depth = 67.92 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.14 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.518° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.540666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37 km NE 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	2024-07-28 06:08:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-28 06:27:10	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	152	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	0.1542	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	316	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	pr71456368	Id of event.
Event Code	71456368	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71456368,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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