A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 08:28:01 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15215005. Unique identifier: pr15215005. Exact location of earthquake, -64.0852° West, 18.6914° North, depth 72 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 12:28:01 / August 3, 2015 @ 12:28 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 72 km (45 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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