A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -64.9682° West, latitude 18.5139° North, depth = 93 km. Unique identifier: pr15204018. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15204018. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 08:43:17 / July 23, 2015 @ 8:43 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:43:17 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter).
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 75 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Fajardo, Isabel Segunda.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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