A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.984° West, latitude 18.9179° North, depth = 28 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 09:58:51 / July 11, 2015 @ 9:58 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:58:51 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15192002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15192002.
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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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