A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.1648 West, latitude 18.95 North, depth = 44 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 09:29:44 / July 25, 2015 @ 9:29 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:29:44 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15206005. Event ids that are associated: pr15206005.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 75 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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