A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. Global time and date of event 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 16:11:51 / August 10, 2015 @ 4:11 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15222017. Id of event: pr15222017. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.0391° West, 18.8456° North, depth 24 km. The temblor was detected at 12:11:51 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter).
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). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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