A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15267001. Id of event: pr15267001. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:31:22 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.5982° West, 18.552° North, depth 34 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 04:31:22 / September 24, 2015 @ 4:31 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 15 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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