A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 08:30:16 / May 26, 2018 @ 8:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9201 West, latitude 18.6375 North, depth = 32 km. The temblor was detected at 04:30:16 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018146006. Unique identifier: pr2018146006. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles).
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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