A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:28:27 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15205011. Event ids that are associated: pr15205011. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 14:28:27 / July 24, 2015 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9929 West, latitude 18.9685 North, depth = 31 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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