A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15318000. Id of event: pr15318000. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:25:27 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.5364° West, 18.993° North, depth 24 km. Global time and date of event 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 00:25:27 / November 14, 2015 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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