A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 73 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018005006. Unique identifier: pr2018005006. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:00:23 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.0088° West, latitude 18.9733° North, depth = 73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 12:00:23 / January 5, 2018 @ 12:00 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 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 twelve, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 70 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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