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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on February 11, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0762S, -64.6486WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: us6000dfpy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dfpy. Exact location, longitude -64.6486° West, latitude 19.0762° North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 20:34:01 / February 8, 2021 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:34:01 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 83 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6486° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 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 20:34:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-11 23:22:18 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 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 339 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 us6000dfpy Id of event.
Event Code 6000dfpy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dfpy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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