A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0708 West, latitude 18.9739 North, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 01:19:32 / April 26, 2020 @ 1:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009cj0. Id of event: us60009cj0. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:19:32 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). 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).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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