A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -65.0976° West, latitude 18.7651° North, depth = 19 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 03:31:48 / August 9, 2015 @ 3:31 am. Id of earthquake: pr15221000. Event ids that are associated: pr15221000. The temblor was picked up at 23:31:48 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles).
Close 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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Isabel Segunda, Fajardo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-six 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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