A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4866 West, latitude 17.9633 North, depth = 118 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). Event id: pr2018057002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018057002. The temblor was detected at 22:40:41 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 02:40:41 / February 26, 2018 @ 2:40 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Tortola, Road Town. Nearby country/countries, 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 three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km NE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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