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Minor earthquake, 3.26 mag was detected near Virgin Islands region


Earthquake location 19.1066S, -64.3463WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Virgin Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Virgin Islands region. Exact location of event, longitude -64.3463 West, latitude 19.1066 North, depth = 45 km. Event id: pr2018340007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018340007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 20:37:06 / December 6, 2018 @ 8:37 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:37:06 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: Virgin Islands region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.3463° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1066° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Virgin Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-06 20:37:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-06 21:37:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 164 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7855 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 340 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 pr2018340007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018340007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018340007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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