A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:07:10 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 18:07:10 / September 23, 2015 @ 6:07 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15266011. Id of event: pr15266011. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9654 West, latitude 18.8201 North, depth = 38 km.
Close 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 53 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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