A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 18:35:50 / January 10, 2018 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 138 km (86 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7946 West, latitude 18.4808 North, depth = 138 km. The temblor was detected at 14:35:50 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018010004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018010004.
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Isabel Segunda, Culebra (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km WNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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