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Minor earthquake 3.78 mag, 95 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.1705S, -64.5788WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.78 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 3.78-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:16:24 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/24 / 2024-11-22 12:16:24 / November 22, 2024 @ 12:16 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5788 West, latitude 19.1705 North, depth = 26 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Unique identifier: pr2024327001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024327001.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 95 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.78 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.5788° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 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 2024-11-22 12:16:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-22 12:44:13 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 220 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7565 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 294 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 pr2024327001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024327001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024327001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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