A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 82 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (51 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 15:53:18 / September 2, 2015 @ 3:53 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15245004. Unique identifier: pr15245004. The temblor was picked up at 11:53:18 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51 km (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3277 West, latitude 19.1088 North, depth = 51 km.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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