A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:33:04 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). Global time and date of event 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 06:33:04 / September 9, 2015 @ 6:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.7155° West, latitude 18.3337° North, depth = 100 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15252005. Unique identifier: pr15252005.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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