A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 12:54:40 / July 13, 2015 @ 12:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.1 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.132 West, latitude 19.0442 North, depth = 48.1 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:54:40 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002x4t. Unique identifier: us20002x4t.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 86 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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