A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.1495 West, latitude 18.6884 North, depth = 15 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 06:02:40 / November 12, 2015 @ 6:02 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:02:40 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15316005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15316005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 57 km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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