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At 6:45 my wife and I felt a tremor at our house in the hills above Salt River. I guess it could have been a truck on the Scenic Drive but it would have to have been a huge one. Anybody else feel anything?
Posted : December 3, 2010 9:48 pm
Sure did while sitting here on my computer. Was a little jolt here in Whim.
Posted : December 3, 2010 9:56 pm
Had my feet against solid concrete wall and felt it shake at 6:44 in la grande princesse. Didn't last long. But first time I've felt the building move.
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:04 pm
Felt it in Estate St. John. I thought it was the dog under my chair, moving around, then realized he was on his bed.
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:11 pm
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.0
TIME - 1744 EST DEC 03 2010
1844 AST DEC 03 2010
1644 CST DEC 03 2010
2244 UTC DEC 03 2010
LOCATION - 17.8 NORTH 64.9 WEST
10 MILES/16 KM NW OF CHRISTIANSTED US VIRGIN IS.
90 MILES/145 KM SE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
DEPTH - 3 MILES/5 KM
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:13 pm
Didn't feel anything in cotton valley.
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:13 pm
Apparently, it was a magnitude 4.0. See Weather Underground Earthquake activity.
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:13 pm
This quake was quite shallow, which probably explains why it was so widely felt.
I recommend everyone sign up at Vialerts.gov to get the info on things like this...they were on-the-spot with this quake.
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:14 pm
Didn't feel anything on the west end.
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:17 pm
Posted : December 3, 2010 10:24 pm
Interesting that there are TWO different reports on the gov site.
One has it north of St Thomas,
the other has it just north of St Croix as of 8pm tonight (maybe they'll change it)
Posted : December 3, 2010 11:04 pm
Issued By: VITEMA
Affected Jurisdictions: Virgin Islands
Headline: 4.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE FELT ON ST. CROIX
The U.S. Geological Survey has issued an alert for a 4.0-magnitude earthquake occurring 10 miles off of Christiansted, St. Croix at 6:43 p.m. on Friday. According the USGS, the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of about 50.40 kilometers or 31.32 miles.
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Posted : December 3, 2010 11:24 pm
A friend of mine on Facebook said there were 2 quakes. I don't know. I only felt the one at 6:43.
Posted : December 3, 2010 11:46 pm
Furniture shook in Primary Care waiting room in Princesse.
Posted : December 4, 2010 12:53 am
some of y'all should sign up for the v.i. alerts from vitema... you get all kinds of advisories, and you can customize the info, as well as method of delivery...
official vitema site
Posted : December 4, 2010 11:05 am
Or Quakewatch app. (tu)(tu)
Posted : December 4, 2010 11:36 am
didnt feel anything either tami in c.v.
you all are scaring me. but if is something we know can happen.
Posted : December 4, 2010 2:07 pm
