A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:28:36 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 02:28:36 / September 6, 2015 @ 2:28 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.9085 West, latitude 19.0655 North, depth = 50 km. Unique identifier: pr15249025. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15249025.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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