A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 95 km, -64.6283° West, 18.366° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018015004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018015004. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:43:12 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 08:43:12 / January 15, 2018 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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