A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr15252001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15252001. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 03:13:49 / September 9, 2015 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6317 West, latitude 18.9866 North, depth = 4 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:13:49 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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