A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/09/18 / 2018-09-13 09:54:30 / September 13, 2018 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:54:30 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 29 km, -64.384° West, 18.32° North. Unique identifier: pr2018256008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018256008.
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km ESE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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