A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7723° West, 19.1396° North, depth 39 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 07:35:16 / September 9, 2015 @ 7:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Event id: pr15252007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15252007. The temblor was detected at 03:35:16 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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