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Light earthquake, 4.15 mag has occurred near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on December 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6228S, -64.3586WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.15 (ml/mb) was reported 150 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (93 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64 km (40 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 05:07:06 / December 7, 2024 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2024342000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwta, pr2024342000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:07:06 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.3586 West, latitude 19.6228 North, depth = 64 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 150 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.15 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.3586° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6228° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 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 2024-12-07 05:07:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-07 05:50:35 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 265 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.2355 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 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 pr2024342000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024342000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwta,pr2024342000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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