A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 21:56:38 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 km (78 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.9917 West, latitude 18.263 North, depth = 126 km. Event id: pr15217007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15217007. Global time and date of event 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 01:56:38 / August 5, 2015 @ 1:56 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naguabo, Luquillo, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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