A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr15244005. Event ids that are associated: pr15244005. Exact location of earthquake, -64.8985° West, 19.0037° North, depth 30 km. The temblor was reported at 02:15:07 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 06:15:07 / September 1, 2015 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, 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 one, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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