A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8923 West, latitude 18.5653 North, depth = 25 km. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:46:06 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018013007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018013007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 14:46:06 / January 13, 2018 @ 2:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 25 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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