A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.8776° West, 18.1513° North, depth 73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 07:43:08 / February 15, 2018 @ 7:43 am. Unique identifier: pr2018046003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018046003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73 km (45 miles). The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:43:08 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Saint Croix, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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). Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km SSE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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