A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/15 / 2015-12-18 21:06:41 / December 18, 2015 @ 9:06 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:06:41 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15352012. Event ids that are associated: pr15352012. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1368 West, latitude 18.9248 North, depth = 42 km.
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). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and nine 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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