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Earthquake: M 4.1 quake strikes near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 17.527S, -64.0019WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 11:30:49 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Global time of event 20/03/15 / 2015-03-20 15:30:49 / March 20, 2015 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -64.0019 West, latitude 17.527 North, depth 17 km, unique identifier, pr15079019.

Close countries, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba (c. 18 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from The Bottom (c. 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, The Bottom.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.0019° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.527° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km ESE 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 2015-03-20 15:30:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-20 15:35:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 1 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 259 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 ,at,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.73212696 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194.4 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr15079019 Id of event.
Event Code 15079019 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nliofe,pr15079019, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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