A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/15 / 2015-09-10 06:19:35 / September 10, 2015 @ 6:19 am. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7553° West, 18.2077° North, depth 97 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15253002. Id of event: pr15253002. The temblor was detected at 02:19:35 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Saint Croix (min 5000 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km SE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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