A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr15235004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15235004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 09:06:48 / August 23, 2015 @ 9:06 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:06:48 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.0524° West, latitude 18.7649° North, depth = 77 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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