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Minor earthquake: M3.69 quake has struck near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.2646S, -64.3675WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121 km (75 miles). The 3.69-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:00:51 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2024278001. Event ids that are associated: pr2024278001. Exact location, longitude -64.3675° West, latitude 18.2646° North, depth = 121 km. Global time and date of event 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 06:00:51 / October 4, 2024 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay. Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.69 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.3675° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2646° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km E 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 2024-10-04 06:00:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-04 06:20:59 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 209 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2927 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 318 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 pr2024278001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024278001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024278001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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