Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag has occurred near The Bottom in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from The Bottom in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -63.982833333333 West, latitude 17.596166666667 North, depth = 2.33 km. Event id: pr71457023. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71457023. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 18:18:56 / August 6, 2024 @ 6:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.33 km (1 miles). The 3.42-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:18:56 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba (c. 18 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, The Bottom (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from The Bottom (c. 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 77 km W of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba .

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.42 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-63.982833333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.596166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	77 km W of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-06 18:18:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-06 18:56:29	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	180	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.02	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	160	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	pr71457023	Id of event.
Event Code	71457023	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71457023,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag has occurred near The Bottom in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba

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