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Minor earthquake: M2.98 quake has struck near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on January 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.105666666667S, -64.205166666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 18:44:16 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.205166666667° West, 18.105666666667° North, depth 43.28 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 18:44:16 / January 4, 2025 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr71470153. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71470153. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.28 km (27 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 66 km NE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.205166666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.105666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km NE 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 2025-01-04 18:44:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-04 19:25:01 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 137 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 0.5034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 321 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 pr71470153 Id of event.
Event Code 71470153 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71470153, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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