A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:30:31 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 09:30:31 / May 14, 2018 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2018134008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018134008. Exact location of event, longitude -64.396 West, latitude 17.7585 North, depth = 29 km.
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km E of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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