A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr16148016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16148016. Global time and date of event 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 07:34:19 / May 27, 2016 @ 7:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:34:19 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.902° West, latitude 18.3782° North, depth = 10 km.
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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Fajardo, Saint Croix. Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 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: 5 km NE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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