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Minor earthquake, 3.29 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.9138S, -64.9025WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/21 / 2021-02-09 02:16:01 / February 9, 2021 @ 2:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:16:01 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.9025° West, 18.9138° North, depth 42 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2021040004. Event ids that are associated: pr2021040004.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.29 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.9025° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 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 2021-02-09 02:16:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-09 02:31:57 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 167 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 1.2211 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 337 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 pr2021040004 Id of event.
Event Code 2021040004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2021040004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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