A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 70 km, -64.7806° West, 19.0753° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 09:14:10 / September 18, 2015 @ 9:14 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15261004. Id of event: pr15261004. The temblor was reported at 05:14:10 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 74 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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