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Light earthquake, 4.05 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on January 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1626S, -64.1468WA light earthquake magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 114 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (71 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmf0, pr2025026005. Id of event: pr2025026005. Exact location of earthquake, -64.1468° West, 19.1626° North, depth 29 km. The temblor was detected at 10:49:05 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 10:49:05 / January 26, 2025 @ 10:49 am.

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

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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. 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: 114 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1468° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1626° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 114 km NE 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 2025-01-26 10:49:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-26 11:34:11 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 252 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1454 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 327 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 pr2025026005 Id of event.
Event Code 2025026005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmf0,pr2025026005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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