A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.6 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.3051° West, 17.3762° North, depth 19.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 06:26:55 / November 25, 2015 @ 6:26 am. Unique identifier: us10004162. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004162. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:26:55 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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