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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on August 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.099S, -64.765WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:25:19 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.765° West, latitude 19.099° North, depth = 39 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024231001. Unique identifier: pr2024231001. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 23:25:19 / August 18, 2024 @ 11:25 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter 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). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 85 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.765° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.099° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 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 2024-08-18 23:25:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-19 00:19:02 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 222 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6995 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 227 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 pr2024231001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024231001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024231001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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