Mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean, 109 km north of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 3:07 am (GMT -4) -

Mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean, 109 km north of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 3:07 am (GMT -4)

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 29 km depth

26 Nov 07:23 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 16 minutes.
26 Nov 07:25: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 29.0 to 5.0 km (from 18 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.3 km (2.1 mi) towards WSW.
26 Nov 07:56: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 29.0 km (from 3.1 to 18 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.3 km (2.1 mi) towards ENE.
Update Thu, 26 Nov 2020, 07:24
Light magnitude 4.7 quake hits 109 km northwest of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands early morning
4.7 quake PUERTO RICO REGION, U.S. Virgin Islands, 26 Nov 3.07 am (GMT -4)
4.7 quake PUERTO RICO REGION, U.S. Virgin Islands, 26 Nov 3.07 am (GMT -4)
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.7 quake in U.S. Virgin Islands near Charlotte Amalie only 16 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Thursday 26 November 2020 at 3.07 am local time at a shallow depth of 29 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Charlotte Amalie (pop. 20,000) located 109 km from the epicenter, and Cruz Bay (pop. 2,700) 115 km away.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 26 Nov 2020 07:07:46 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 3:07 am (GMT -4)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 29.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 19.28°N / 65.22°W (North Atlantic Ocean, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Nearby towns and cities:
109 km (68 mi) NNW of Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas Island) (pop: 20,000) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (72 mi) NNE of Fajardo (Puerto Rico) (pop: 34,100) --> See nearby quakes!
127 km (79 mi) NE of Carolina (Puerto Rico) (pop: 170,400) --> See nearby quakes!
130 km (81 mi) NE of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) (pop: 418,100) --> See nearby quakes!
132 km (82 mi) NE of Trujillo Alto (Puerto Rico) (pop: 54,200) --> See nearby quakes!
133 km (83 mi) NE of Cataño (Catano, Puerto Rico) (pop: 28,100) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (86 mi) NE of Bayamon (Bayamón, Puerto Rico) (pop: 203,500) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (86 mi) NE of Guaynabo (Puerto Rico) (pop: 81,400) --> See nearby quakes!
145 km (90 mi) NE of Caguas (Puerto Rico) (pop: 86,800) --> See nearby quakes!
180 km (112 mi) NNW of St Croix (Saint Croix Island) (pop: 50,600) --> See nearby quakes!
108 km (67 mi) NNW of Saint Thomas Island (pop: 51,600) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (61 mi) N of Cockroach Island --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 26.6°C (80 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from ENE
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.729 kmPUERTO RICO REGIONEMSC
M 4.734 km108 Km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsUSGS
M 4.744 kmPuerto Rico Region, U.S. Virgin IslandsGFZ

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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean, 109 km north of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 3:07 am (GMT -4)

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