A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr2019349010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019349010. The epicenter was at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 14:13:25 / December 15, 2019 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -65.1561° West, latitude 18.9073° North, depth = 26 km. The temblor was detected at 10:13:25 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (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). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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