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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.9685S, -64.9929WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:28:27 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15205011. Event ids that are associated: pr15205011. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 14:28:27 / July 24, 2015 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9929 West, latitude 18.9685 North, depth = 31 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 69 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.9929° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km 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 2015-07-24 14:28:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-24 18:51:34 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 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 121 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.61444765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259.2 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 pr15205011 Id of event.
Event Code 15205011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15205011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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