A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.169° West, 18.7096° North, depth 46 km. The temblor was reported at 01:12:53 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15247000. Unique identifier: pr15247000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 05:12:53 / September 4, 2015 @ 5:12 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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