A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 14:36:47 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 18:36:47 / August 25, 2018 @ 6:36 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018237005. Id of event: pr2018237005. Exact location of event, longitude -64.2831 West, latitude 17.6421 North, depth = 38 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 46 km ESE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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