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Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on October 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0958S, -64.5135WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2024298000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024298000. The temblor was picked up at 21:20:42 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 21:20:42 / October 24, 2024 @ 9:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5135 West, latitude 19.0958 North, depth = 61 km.

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.49 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.5135° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0958° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 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 2024-10-24 21:20:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 22:27:13 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 187 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6889 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 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 pr2024298000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024298000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024298000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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