A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 20:54:19 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15255004. Unique identifier: pr15255004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 00:54:19 / September 12, 2015 @ 12:54 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9216 West, latitude 18.6835 North, depth = 29 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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