A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 00:45:10 / November 2, 2015 @ 12:45 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:45:10 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15306000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15306000, us2000418q. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.62 West, latitude 19.1163 North, depth = 46 km.
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). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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