A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0485 West, latitude 18.6543 North, depth = 39 km. The temblor was reported at 01:10:25 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018196000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018196000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 05:10:25 / July 15, 2018 @ 5:10 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Ceiba, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). 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). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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