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Minor earthquake, 3.12 mag has occurred near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 17.933S, -64.619833333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr71468703. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71468703. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.43 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 04:05:49 / December 16, 2024 @ 4:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.619833333333 West, latitude 17.933 North, depth = 97.43 km. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:05:49 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km NNE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.619833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.933° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NNE of Christiansted, 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 2024-12-16 04:05:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-16 04:24:14 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 150 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4845 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 272 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 pr71468703 Id of event.
Event Code 71468703 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71468703, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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