A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15222003. Unique identifier: pr15222003. The temblor was detected at 01:59:45 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.0093° West, latitude 18.7308° North, depth = 29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 05:59:45 / August 10, 2015 @ 5:59 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close 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 54 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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