A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 21:02:47 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/17 / 2017-01-26 01:02:47 / January 26, 2017 @ 1:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr17026000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17026000. Exact location, longitude -65.057° West, latitude 18.6863° North, depth = 18 km.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Luquillo, Fajardo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply