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Minor earthquake, 3.14 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on October 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.836S, -64.339WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.29 km (11 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:20:35 / 4:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.339 West, latitude 18.836 North, depth = 17.29 km. Unique identifier: pr71462373. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71462373. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 16:20:35 / October 11, 2024 @ 4:20 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.14 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.339° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.836° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km NE 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 2024-10-11 16:20:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-11 16:36:51 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 152 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 0.4921 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 317 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 pr71462373 Id of event.
Event Code 71462373 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71462373, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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