A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 05:04:49 / November 19, 2015 @ 5:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -64.9448° West, 18.903° North. The temblor was picked up at 01:04:49 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15323003. Unique identifier: pr15323003.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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