A minor earthquake magnitude 2.7 (mg/mb) has striked on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 10:27:17 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-07 02:27:17 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5124 West, latitude 18.0939 North, depth 95 km.
Close countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Saint Croix, Cruz Bay.
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