A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 23:27:59 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/08/15 / 2015-08-28 03:27:59 / August 28, 2015 @ 3:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15240002. Unique identifier: pr15240002. Exact location of event, depth 65 km, -64.4141° West, 18.9811° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 66 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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