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Minor earthquake: M2.97 quake has struck near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.6543S, -65.0485WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0485 West, latitude 18.6543 North, depth = 39 km. The temblor was reported at 01:10:25 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018196000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018196000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 05:10:25 / July 15, 2018 @ 5:10 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Ceiba, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 36 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0485° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6543° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NNW 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 2018-07-15 05:10:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-15 09:31:15 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 136 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9502 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 332 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 pr2018196000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018196000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018196000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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