A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 10:01:05 / July 17, 2015 @ 10:01 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15198026. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15198026. Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -64.5927° West, 18.3393° North. The temblor was reported at 06:01:05 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SSE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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