A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8861 West, latitude 18.0648 North, depth = 152 km. Global time and date of event 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 22:37:31 / December 9, 2015 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:37:31 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152 km (94 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15343016. Id of event: pr15343016.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 31 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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