A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes Virgin Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Virgin Islands region on Friday. Id of earthquake: pr2018341008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018341008. The temblor was detected at 18:15:15 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8295 West, latitude 18.6588 North, depth = 42 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 18:15:15 / December 7, 2018 @ 6:15 pm.
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay.
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 two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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