A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9905 West, latitude 18.6387 North, depth = 17 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15365001. Unique identifier: pr15365001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/15 / 2015-12-31 05:13:05 / December 31, 2015 @ 5:13 am. The temblor was detected at 01:13:05 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola. 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 one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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