A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr15362008. Event ids that are associated: pr15362008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 16:19:17 / December 28, 2015 @ 4:19 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:19:17 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.3594 West, latitude 18.8318 North, depth = 34 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 53 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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