A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.957 West, latitude 18.8857 North, depth = 39 km. Unique identifier: pr15227001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15227001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 05:08:06 / August 15, 2015 @ 5:08 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:08:06 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39 km (24 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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