A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 17:59:44 / August 12, 2015 @ 5:59 pm. Unique identifier: pr15224003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15224003. Exact location, longitude -64.9263° West, latitude 18.7875° North, depth = 17 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:59:44 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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