A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. Event id: pr15254008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15254008. Exact location, longitude -64.702° West, latitude 19.061° North, depth = 53 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:10:15 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 17:10:15 / September 11, 2015 @ 5:10 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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 N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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