A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9231 West, latitude 18.1576 North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr15235009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15235009. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:53:00 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 23:53:00 / August 23, 2015 @ 11:53 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Saint Croix, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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