A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:42:28 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 10:42:28 / September 12, 2015 @ 10:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -65.005° West, latitude 18.9871° North, depth = 12 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15255008. Id of event: pr15255008.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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