A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Global time and date of event 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 22:34:25 / August 9, 2018 @ 10:34 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:34:25 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 53 km, -65.1888° West, 18.8538° North. Id of earthquake: pr2018221011. Event ids that are associated: pr2018221011.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Tortola, Road Town (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). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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