A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 05:47:30 / August 7, 2015 @ 5:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0374 West, latitude 18.677 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:47:30 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15219012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15219012.
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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fajardo, Isabel Segunda, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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