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Minor earthquake, 3 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on September 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6005S, -64.4179WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 145 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (90 miles). Global time and date of event 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 15:51:27 / September 5, 2024 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.913 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000npvc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npvc. The temblor was detected at 15:51:27 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4179 West, latitude 19.6005 North, depth = 17.913 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 145 km NNE 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 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.4179° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.913 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 145 km NNE 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 2024-09-05 15:51:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-05 16:28:40 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 138 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.19 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 283 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000npvc Id of event.
Event Code 6000npvc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npvc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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