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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.1455S, -64.8691WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (52 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:25:32 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/04/16 / 2016-04-09 12:25:32 / April 9, 2016 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16100010. Id of event: pr16100010. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8691 West, latitude 19.1455 North, depth = 41 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8691° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km NNW of Road Town, British 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 2016-04-09 12:25:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-09 16:56:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 148 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.79411071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 316.8 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 pr16100010 Id of event.
Event Code 16100010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16100010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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