A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr2018005002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018005002. The temblor was detected at 04:56:44 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 08:56:44 / January 5, 2018 @ 8:56 am. Exact location, longitude -65.01° West, latitude 18.872° North, depth = 63 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Tortola, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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