A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr15186000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15186000. The epicenter was at a depth of 77 km (48 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:48:07 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.0439° West, 18.6898° North, depth 77 km. Global time and date of event 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 08:48:07 / July 5, 2015 @ 8:48 am UTC/GMT.
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 76 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fajardo, Isabel Segunda, Tortola.
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 nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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