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Minor earthquake, 3.38 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.877166666667S, -65.052833333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. Exact location, longitude -65.052833333333° West, latitude 18.877166666667° North, depth = 25.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.93 km (16 miles). Unique identifier: pr71467503. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71467503. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/24 / 2024-12-02 15:56:12 / December 2, 2024 @ 3:56 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:56:12 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.38 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.052833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.877166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, 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 2024-12-02 15:56:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-02 16:29:59 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 176 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5299 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 238 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 pr71467503 Id of event.
Event Code 71467503 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71467503, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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