A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 14:08:46 / January 18, 2019 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -65.1751° West, latitude 18.897° North, depth = 49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019018006. Event ids that are associated: pr2019018006. The temblor was detected at 10:08:46 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Cruz Bay, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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