A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: pr15244011. Event ids that are associated: pr15244011. Exact location of earthquake, -64.2912° West, 19.1025° North, depth 47 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 16:59:11 / September 1, 2015 @ 4:59 pm. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:59:11 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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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: 83 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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