A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:41:38 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.233° West, 18.8792° North, depth 24 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15184002. Unique identifier: pr15184002. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 11:41:38 / July 3, 2015 @ 11:41 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 65 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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