A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5615 West, latitude 19.1068 North, depth = 128 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15235002. Id of event: pr15235002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128 km (80 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:51 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 08:31:51 / August 23, 2015 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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