A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6632 West, latitude 18.7794 North, depth = 40 km. Event id: pr15180007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15180007. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 17:05:16 / June 29, 2015 @ 5:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:05:16 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter).
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. Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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