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Minor earthquake, 3.26 mag strikes near Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 17.9505S, -64.5051WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:12:00 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019274037. Id of event: pr2019274037. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 54 km, -64.5051° West, 17.9505° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/19 / 2019-10-01 12:12:00 / October 1, 2019 @ 12:12 pm.

Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.5051° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9505° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km NE 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 2019-10-01 12:12:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-01 20:53:40 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 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.5185 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 345 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 pr2019274037 Id of event.
Event Code 2019274037 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019274037, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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