A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119 km (74 miles). Event id: pr2018004002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018004002. The temblor was picked up at 04:45:59 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 08:45:59 / January 4, 2018 @ 8:45 am. Exact location, longitude -64.9505° West, latitude 18.8048° North, depth = 119 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 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).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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