A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 03:06:06 / November 23, 2015 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9517 West, latitude 18.6809 North, depth = 16 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:06:06 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15327001. Id of event: pr15327001.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 37 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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