A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 09:42:50 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15346002. Id of event: pr15346002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.3479 West, latitude 18.8304 North, depth = 26 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 13:42:50 / December 12, 2015 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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