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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 17.3762S, -65.3051WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.6 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.3051° West, 17.3762° North, depth 19.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 06:26:55 / November 25, 2015 @ 6:26 am. Unique identifier: us10004162. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004162. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:26:55 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen 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 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: 75 km WSW of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.3051° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km WSW 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 2015-11-25 06:26:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-25 06:44:01 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 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.665 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10004162 Id of event.
Event Code 10004162 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004162, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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