A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15233000. Id of event: pr15233000. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 03:06:39 / August 21, 2015 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:06:39 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.6035° West, latitude 18.7555° North, depth = 33 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 37 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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