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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Road Town in British Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on September 27, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1014S, -64.7399WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7399 West, latitude 19.1014 North, depth = 52 km. Global time and date of event 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 12:18:02 / September 27, 2015 @ 12:18 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr15270044. Event ids that are associated: pr15270044. The epicenter was at a depth of 52 km (32 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:18:02 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.7399° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1014° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-27 12:18:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-27 20:20:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status REVIEWED Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.53449759 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259.2 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr15270044 Id of event.
Event Code 15270044 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15270044, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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