A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 106 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (66 miles). Unique identifier: pr15247004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15247004. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 23:55:24 / September 4, 2015 @ 11:55 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:55:24 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). Exact location, longitude -65.0057° West, latitude 19.301° North, depth = 49 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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