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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on October 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6426S, -64.4833WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 148 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (92 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2024300003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024300003. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 17:34:48 / October 26, 2024 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4833 West, latitude 19.6426 North, depth = 30 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:34:48 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 148 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.4833° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6426° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 148 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 2024-10-26 17:34:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 18:00:16 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 222 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.235 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 286 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 pr2024300003 Id of event.
Event Code 2024300003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024300003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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