A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr16336000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16336000. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:26 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103 km (64 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.8707° West, 18.3595° North, depth 103 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 00:48:26 / December 1, 2016 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Fajardo, Saint Croix. 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ENE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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