A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.904 West, latitude 19.051 North, depth = 81 km. Event id: pr15248054. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15248054. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 23:20:34 / September 5, 2015 @ 11:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 19:20:34 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 76 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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