A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 04:14:27 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 08:14:27 / August 19, 2015 @ 8:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.5217° West, latitude 18.4694° North, depth = 54 km. Id of earthquake: pr15231004. Event ids that are associated: pr15231004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 9 km (6 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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