A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 09:23:51 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15257002. Event ids that are associated: pr15257002. Exact location, longitude -64.6685° West, latitude 18.0095° North, depth = 108 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 108 km (67 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 13:23:51 / September 14, 2015 @ 1:23 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km N of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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