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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.0533S, -64.855WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:01:22 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.855 West, latitude 19.0533 North, depth = 46 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2021038013. Id of event: pr2021038013. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/21 / 2021-02-07 17:01:22 / February 7, 2021 @ 5:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 nine, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 79 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.855° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0533° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km 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 2021-02-07 17:01:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-07 17:17:33 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 168 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1835 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 319 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 pr2021038013 Id of event.
Event Code 2021038013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2021038013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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