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Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.156666666667S, -65.137WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) strikes 92 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (57 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.137 West, latitude 19.156666666667 North, depth = 62.58 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/25 / 2025-05-15 09:39:43 / May 15, 2025 @ 9:39 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:39:43 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71482468. Unique identifier: pr71482468. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.58 km (39 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.17 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.137° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.156666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NNW 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 2025-05-15 09:39:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-15 10:16:18 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 155 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8181 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 262 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 pr71482468 Id of event.
Event Code 71482468 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71482468, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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