A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7508° West, 19.0067° North, depth 52 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:10:43 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 07:10:43 / July 8, 2015 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15189000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15189000.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). 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.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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