A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/15 / 2015-12-18 19:01:26 / December 18, 2015 @ 7:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.1514° West, 18.9171° North, depth 41 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:01:26 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15352008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15352008.
Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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