A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 08:43:17 / July 23, 2015 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 93.26 km (58 miles). Id of earthquake: us20002zg7. Event ids that are associated: pr15204018, us20002zg7. The temblor was picked up at 04:43:17 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9683 West, latitude 18.514 North, depth = 93.26 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luquillo, Ceiba, Fajardo. 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). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 19 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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