A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2017124000. Event ids that are associated: pr2017124000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 01:30:45 / May 4, 2017 @ 1:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.985 West, latitude 18.9115 North, depth = 21 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:30:45 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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