A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 06:07:46 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15269001. Id of event: pr15269001. The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 10:07:46 / September 26, 2015 @ 10:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.2667° West, latitude 18.8932° North, depth = 37 km.
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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