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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.5627S, -63.8255WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:21:24 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 14:21:24 / July 19, 2016 @ 2:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr16201000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16201000. Exact location, longitude -63.8255° West, latitude 18.5627° North, depth = 93 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 85 km E of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.8255° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5627° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km E 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 2016-07-19 14:21:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-19 14:47:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 189 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.76356799 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 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 pr16201000 Id of event.
Event Code 16201000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16201000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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