A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 58 km, -64.1914° West, 18.8495° North. The temblor was reported at 05:31:57 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 09:31:57 / July 25, 2015 @ 9:31 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15206006. Unique identifier: pr15206006.
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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