A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 04:35:21 / December 15, 2015 @ 4:35 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:35:21 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4 km, -64.5449° West, 18.641° North. Id of earthquake: pr15349001. Event ids that are associated: pr15349001. The epicenter was at a depth of 4 km (2 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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