A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15208009. Id of event: pr15208009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:49:21 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 21:49:21 / July 27, 2015 @ 9:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -64.4578° West, 19.1404° North, depth 65 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 81 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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