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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on September 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6433S, -64.1881WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 158 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (98 miles) on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 02:04:00 / September 12, 2024 @ 2:04 am. The temblor was detected at 02:04:00 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 52 km, -64.1881° West, 19.6433° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024256001. Id of event: pr2024256001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 158 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 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1881° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 158 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 2024-09-12 02:04:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 02:31:23 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 234 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3015 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 297 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 pr2024256001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024256001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024256001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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