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Minor earthquake 3.37 mag, 32 km E of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 17.7585S, -64.396WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:30:31 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 09:30:31 / May 14, 2018 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2018134008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018134008. Exact location of event, longitude -64.396 West, latitude 17.7585 North, depth = 29 km.

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km E of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.37 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.396° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7585° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km E 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 2018-05-14 09:30:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-24 20:15:33 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 175 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.5025 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 346 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 pr2018134008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018134008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018134008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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