A minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:39:11 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.682 West, latitude 18.7676 North, depth = 98 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 21:39:11 / February 18, 2018 @ 9:39 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018049010. Unique identifier: pr2018049010.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 39 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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