A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr15207002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15207002. The epicenter was at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:21:48 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.6159° West, 19.0944° North, depth 53 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 02:21:48 / July 26, 2015 @ 2:21 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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