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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71462638. Unique identifier: pr71462638. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 03:12:58 / October 15, 2024 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:12:58 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.25 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.7855 West, latitude 17.913166666667 North, depth = 17.25 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), 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 one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifty 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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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. 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: 20 km NNW of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.7855° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.913166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km NNW of Christiansted, 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	2024-10-15 03:12:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-15 03:26:45	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	158	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	6	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4661	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	266	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	pr71462638	Id of event.
Event Code	71462638	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71462638,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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