A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 10:41:57 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 14:41:57 / February 7, 2018 @ 2:41 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018038004. Unique identifier: pr2018038004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 138 km (86 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.9646° West, 18.1773° North, depth 138 km.
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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Santiago, Luquillo, Naguabo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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