A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:56:09 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.3667° West, latitude 18.0678° North, depth = 14 km. Global time and date of event 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 22:56:09 / August 12, 2015 @ 10:56 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15224005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15224005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Saint Croix, Cruz Bay. Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 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 two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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