A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 04:51:32 / November 28, 2015 @ 4:51 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.8376° West, latitude 18.6506° North, depth = 8 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:32 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15332002. Event ids that are associated: pr15332002.
Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km NW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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