A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 01:29:24 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.0187° West, 19.0037° North, depth 15 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 05:29:24 / August 22, 2015 @ 5:29 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: pr15234007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15234007.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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