A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:58:42 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 14:58:42 / December 29, 2015 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 55 km, -64.3572° West, 18.957° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15363007. Unique identifier: pr15363007.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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