A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:59:53 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.657 West, latitude 18.6791 North, depth = 77 km. Id of earthquake: pr15236004. Event ids that are associated: pr15236004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 06:59:53 / August 24, 2015 @ 6:59 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 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-three, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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