A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 108 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8843 West, latitude 18.7615 North, depth = 108 km. The temblor was reported at 20:07:14 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/12/18 / 2018-12-27 00:07:14 / December 27, 2018 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018361000. Unique identifier: pr2018361000.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie. 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). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 46 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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