A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:37:00 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018273014. Event ids that are associated: pr2018273014. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 19:37:00 / September 30, 2018 @ 7:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1555 West, latitude 18.9135 North, depth = 30 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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