A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 17:05:18 / July 6, 2015 @ 5:05 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -64.516° West, 19.1149° North, depth 62 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15187003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15187003. The temblor was reported at 13:05:18 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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