A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:01:01 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/10/18 / 2018-10-13 02:01:01 / October 13, 2018 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.4015 West, latitude 17.9365 North, depth = 92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018286001. Unique identifier: pr2018286001.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km ENE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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