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Minor earthquake: M3.07 quake has struck near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.039166666667S, -65.161833333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 80 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (50 miles). Exact location of event, depth 28.44 km, -65.161833333333° West, 19.039166666667° North. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:12:42 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 08:12:42 / December 29, 2024 @ 8:12 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71469638. Unique identifier: pr71469638. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.44 km (18 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 80 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.161833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.039166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 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 2024-12-29 08:12:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-29 08:28:02 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 145 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7103 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 285 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 pr71469638 Id of event.
Event Code 71469638 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71469638, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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