A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -64.4123° West, latitude 19.0939° North, depth = 53 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 17:11:38 / September 2, 2015 @ 5:11 pm. Id of earthquake: pr15245006. Event ids that are associated: pr15245006. The temblor was picked up at 13:11:38 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53 km (33 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 77 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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