A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018053002. Id of event: pr2018053002. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 09:29:30 / February 22, 2018 @ 9:29 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Exact location, longitude -65.1388° West, latitude 18.8693° North, depth = 50 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:29:30 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 62 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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