A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:31:14 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 19:31:14 / November 1, 2015 @ 7:31 pm. Exact location of event, depth 43 km, -64.6053° West, 19.1585° North. Event id: pr15305001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15305001.
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 82 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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