A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Id of earthquake: pr15249014. Event ids that are associated: pr15249014. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:52:21 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 02:52:21 / September 6, 2015 @ 2:52 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9121 West, latitude 19.0583 North, depth = 8 km.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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