A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 04:21:27 / February 22, 2018 @ 4:21 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7016 West, latitude 17.9183 North, depth = 30 km. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:21:27 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018053000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018053000.
The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 18 km N of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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