A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/18 / 2018-09-24 17:06:32 / September 24, 2018 @ 5:06 pm. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -64.9538° West, 18.1008° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018267010. Id of event: pr2018267010. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:06:32 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Tortola, Isabel Segunda (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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