A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr15208004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15208004. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 12:27:29 / July 27, 2015 @ 12:27 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:27:29 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.8864° West, 18.0867° North, depth 18 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola. Nearby 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). The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 28 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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