A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:07:54 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 04:07:54 / November 2, 2015 @ 4:07 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15306002. Unique identifier: pr15306002. Exact location of event, longitude -64.6664 West, latitude 19.162 North, depth = 21 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 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 thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 82 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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