A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15258005. Id of event: pr15258005. Global time and date of event 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 11:31:38 / September 15, 2015 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:31:38 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.875 West, latitude 18.78 North, depth = 65 km.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie. Event epicenter was 47 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days five hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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