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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 67 km ESE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.174S, -64.1781WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -64.1781° West, 18.174° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:24:34 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020281016. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20281001, us6000c6hu, pr2020281016. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/20 / 2020-10-07 18:24:34 / October 7, 2020 @ 6:24 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 67 km (42 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 Charlotte Amalie, Saint Croix, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 67 km ESE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1781° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.174° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km ESE of Cruz Bay, 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 2020-10-07 18:24:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-07 19:23:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 206 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 541 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.671 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2020281016 Id of event.
Event Code 2020281016 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20281001,us6000c6hu,pr2020281016, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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