A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr15218027. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15218027. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:39:59 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 19:39:59 / August 6, 2015 @ 7:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.9981° West, 18.7255° North, depth 4 km.
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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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