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Minor earthquake, 3.25 mag was detected near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.0026S, -65.0146WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -65.0146° West, latitude 19.0026° North, depth = 62 km. Unique identifier: pr2019029003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019029003. The temblor was reported at 07:12:23 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 11:12:23 / January 29, 2019 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62 km (39 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km N 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 -65.0146° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0026° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km N 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 2019-01-29 11:12:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-29 15:58:39 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1985 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 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 pr2019029003 Id of event.
Event Code 2019029003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019029003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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