A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16075002. Id of event: pr16075002. The temblor was reported at 02:46:16 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.8014° West, 18.3178° North, depth 26 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/16 / 2016-03-15 06:46:16 / March 15, 2016 @ 6:46 am.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Saint Croix, Culebra.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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