A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018151000. Event ids that are associated: pr2018151000. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0675 West, latitude 18.8856 North, depth = 24 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:00:11 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 06:00:11 / May 31, 2018 @ 6:00 am.
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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Culebra. The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 61 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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