A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 39 km, -65.0171° West, 18.9971° North. Global time and date of event 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 01:19:32 / April 26, 2020 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:19:32 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020117001. Event ids that are associated: pr2020117001, us60009cj0.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close 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). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 71 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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