A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9603 West, latitude 18.8143 North, depth = 98 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:07:34 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018005004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018005004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 09:07:34 / January 5, 2018 @ 9:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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