A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 11:06:39 / July 25, 2015 @ 11:06 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9318 West, latitude 18.3215 North, depth = 95 km. Unique identifier: pr15206008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15206008. The temblor was detected at 07:06:39 / 7:06 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fajardo, Ceiba, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 2 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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