A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:06:42 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.1415° West, latitude 18.9018° North, depth = 25 km. Unique identifier: pr2018274004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018274004. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 03:06:42 / October 1, 2018 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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