A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Virgin Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Virgin Islands region. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 17:14:28 / June 1, 2018 @ 5:14 pm. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:14:28 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018152009. Event ids that are associated: pr2018152009. Exact location of event, depth 62 km, -64.9356° West, 18.137° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 62 km (39 miles).
The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fajardo, Ceiba, Isabel Segunda (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen 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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