A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 22:26:02 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 02:26:02 / May 13, 2018 @ 2:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018133004. Unique identifier: pr2018133004. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0883 West, latitude 18.8398 North, depth = 93 km.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 57 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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