A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.3359 West, latitude 18.8162 North, depth = 40 km. Event id: pr15263000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15263000. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:23:34 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 03:23:34 / September 20, 2015 @ 3:23 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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