A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 02:51:01 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15200004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15200004. Exact location of event, longitude -64.192 West, latitude 18.9344 North, depth = 20 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 06:51:01 / July 19, 2015 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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