A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9575 West, latitude 18.9703 North, depth = 73 km. The temblor was detected at 21:24:49 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 01:24:49 / October 22, 2018 @ 1:24 am. Event id: pr2018295000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018295000.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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