Minor earthquake: M3.26 quake has struck near Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71460913. Unique identifier: pr71460913. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 08:33:26 / September 23, 2024 @ 8:33 am. The temblor was detected at 08:33:26 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.839 West, latitude 17.633333333333 North, depth = 44.88 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.88 km (28 miles).

Close country/countries, U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.26 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.839° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.633333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km SW of Saint Croix, 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	2024-09-23 08:33:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-23 08:46:02	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	164	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	3	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7238	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	314	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	pr71460913	Id of event.
Event Code	71460913	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71460913,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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