A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 19:44:50 / September 30, 2018 @ 7:44 pm. Exact location, longitude -65.1341° West, latitude 18.8788° North, depth = 25 km. Unique identifier: pr2018273016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018273016. The temblor was reported at 15:44:50 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter).
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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 63 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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