A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9975 West, latitude 17.9595 North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 07:04:36 / May 7, 2018 @ 7:04 am. Event id: pr2018127003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018127003. The temblor was detected at 03:04:36 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km NW of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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