A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 01:19:15 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15239003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15239003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.4486° West, latitude 19.1436° North, depth = 30 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 05:19:15 / August 27, 2015 @ 5:19 am.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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