A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/15 / 2015-12-18 20:08:46 / December 18, 2015 @ 8:08 pm. Id of earthquake: pr15352011. Event ids that are associated: pr15352011. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.1275° West, 18.9494° North, depth 39 km. The temblor was reported at 16:08:46 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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