A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 94 km, -64.9328° West, 18.44° North. Global time and date of event 27/12/15 / 2015-12-27 03:34:42 / December 27, 2015 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:34:42 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15361000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15361000. The epicenter was at a depth of 94 km (58 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Fajardo, Isabel Segunda.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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