A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 09:01:03 / September 9, 2015 @ 9:01 am. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:01:03 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15252010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15252010. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7543° West, 19.0715° North, depth 50 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50 km (31 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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