A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:10:30 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9206 West, latitude 19.0312 North, depth = 83 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 14:10:30 / September 5, 2015 @ 2:10 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15248028. Unique identifier: pr15248028.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 75 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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