A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15191000. Unique identifier: pr15191000. The temblor was picked up at 03:10:52 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 07:10:52 / July 10, 2015 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 54 km, -64.3525° West, 18.8579° North.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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