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Minor earthquake, 3.75 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.5038S, -64.5613WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 132 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (82 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 10:28:33 / October 29, 2024 @ 10:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5613 West, latitude 19.5038 North, depth = 60 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024303003. Id of event: pr2024303003. The temblor was detected at 10:28:33 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 132 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.75 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.5613° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5038° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132 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 2024-10-29 10:28:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-29 11:02:51 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 216 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0903 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 301 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 pr2024303003 Id of event.
Event Code 2024303003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024303003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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