A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr15239006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15239006. Exact location, longitude -64.3704° West, latitude 18.9727° North, depth = 68 km. The temblor was reported at 11:47:29 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68 km (42 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 15:47:29 / August 27, 2015 @ 3:47 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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