A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:07:52 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 03:07:52 / November 7, 2015 @ 3:07 am. Exact location of event, depth 46 km, -64.3363° West, 18.7817° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15311001. Id of event: pr15311001.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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