A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 10:00:40 / July 14, 2015 @ 10:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -64.9231° West, 19.065° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15195002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15195002. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:00:40 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Road Town, Tortola.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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