A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15253007. Id of event: pr15253007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/15 / 2015-09-10 17:22:49 / September 10, 2015 @ 5:22 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:22:49 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.1809° West, 18.934° North, depth 43 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 70 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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