A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -64.476° West, 19.1555° North. The temblor was reported at 15:19:07 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15239011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15239011. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 19:19:07 / August 27, 2015 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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