A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:15 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 09:01:15 / June 29, 2015 @ 9:01 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7125 West, latitude 19.127 North, depth = 38 km. Id of earthquake: pr15180003. Event ids that are associated: pr15180003.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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