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Minor earthquake, 3.88 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on January 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3643S, -65.0138WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 113 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (70 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025009000. Id of event: pr2025009000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 05:32:02 / January 9, 2025 @ 5:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.0138 West, latitude 19.3643 North, depth = 44 km. The temblor was reported at 05:32:02 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 113 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0138° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113 km N 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 2025-01-09 05:32:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 05:53:12 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 232 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0123 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 271 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 pr2025009000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025009000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025009000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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