A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 17:46:20 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 21:46:20 / September 25, 2015 @ 9:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9115 West, latitude 18.8999 North, depth = 56 km. Id of earthquake: pr15268008. Event ids that are associated: pr15268008.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie. Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 61 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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