A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15217012. Unique identifier: pr15217012. Exact location, longitude -64.9016° West, latitude 18.9715° North, depth = 14 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 03:48:14 / August 5, 2015 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:48:14 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (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 six, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 68 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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