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Minor earthquake, 3.22 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.184833333333S, -64.636333333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (59 miles) on Friday. Event id: pr71463538. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71463538. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.11 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.636333333333° West, latitude 19.184833333333° North, depth = 37.11 km. Global time and date of event 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 21:45:08 / October 25, 2024 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:45:08 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.22 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.636333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.184833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km N 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 2024-10-25 21:45:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 22:07:58 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 160 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 0.7607 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 295 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 pr71463538 Id of event.
Event Code 71463538 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71463538, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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