A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.485 West, latitude 18.646 North, depth = 134 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 20:03:34 / July 28, 2015 @ 8:03 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15209010. Unique identifier: pr15209010. The temblor was reported at 16:03:34 / 4:03 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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