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Minor earthquake, 3.38 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.93S, -64.9111WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 175 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (109 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020364002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020364002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74 km (46 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:02:17 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9111 West, latitude 19.93 North, depth = 74 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/20 / 2020-12-29 03:02:17 / December 29, 2020 @ 3:02 am UTC/GMT.

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

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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 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: 175 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.38 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.9111° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.93° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 175 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 2020-12-29 03:02:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-29 12:54:17 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 176 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.0189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 338 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 pr2020364002 Id of event.
Event Code 2020364002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020364002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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