Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -64.709166666667° West, latitude 19.134° North, depth = 26.4 km. The temblor was reported at 00:28:16 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71465113. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71465113. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 00:28:16 / November 8, 2024 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.4 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 89 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.42 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.709166666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.134° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	89 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	2024-11-08 00:28:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-08 01:22:36	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	180	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.715	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	284	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	pr71465113	Id of event.
Event Code	71465113	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71465113,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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