A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:10:13 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.7068° West, latitude 19.0725° North, depth = 62 km. Unique identifier: pr15222009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15222009. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 08:10:13 / August 10, 2015 @ 8:10 am.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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