A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 111 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (69 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr15237012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15237012. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:36:54 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 13:36:54 / August 25, 2015 @ 1:36 pm. Exact location, longitude -65.0886° West, latitude 19.3355° North, depth = 45 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 seven, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 111 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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