A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 02:43:44 / June 9, 2018 @ 2:43 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:43:44 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 99 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018160002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018160002. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8755 West, latitude 18.5285 North, depth = 99 km.
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). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km NNE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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