Minor earthquake 3.44 mag, 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (60 miles) on Monday. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:44:15 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Event id: pr2021039009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2021039009. Global time and date of event 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 14:44:15 / February 8, 2021 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7346° West, 19.2123° North, depth 70 km.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.44 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.7346° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.2123° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	70 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	97 km N 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	2021-02-08 14:44:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-08 15:31:25	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	182	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	5	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.3828	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	328	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	pr2021039009	Id of event.
Event Code	2021039009	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2021039009,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake 3.44 mag, 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

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