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Minor earthquake, 3.25 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.5928S, -65.1223WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 04:58:15 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121 km (75 miles). Event id: pr2018005003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018005003. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 08:58:15 / January 5, 2018 @ 8:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, -65.1223° West, 18.5928° North, depth 121 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Punta Santiago, Río Grande (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 34 km NW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1223° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5928° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km NW 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 2018-01-05 08:58:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-05 12:41:17 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 162 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 1.1674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 339 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 pr2018005003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018005003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018005003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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