A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Event id: pr15211027. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15211027. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 21:00:42 / July 30, 2015 @ 9:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.128 West, latitude 18.6961 North, depth = 24 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:00:42 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Luquillo, Isabel Segunda (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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