A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:37:21 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.565° West, latitude 18.9115° North, depth = 25 km. Unique identifier: pr15318002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15318002. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 00:37:21 / November 14, 2015 @ 12:37 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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