A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr15272000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15272000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:13:16 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 00:13:16 / September 29, 2015 @ 12:13 am. Exact location of event, depth 33 km, -64.997° West, 18.6751° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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