A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:54:41 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24 km, -64.1203° West, 19.055° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002x4t, pr15194001. Unique identifier: pr15194001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 12:54:41 / July 13, 2015 @ 12:54 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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