A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 01:12:13 / November 25, 2015 @ 1:12 am. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:12:13 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr15329000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15329000. Exact location of earthquake, -64.387° West, 18.9225° North, depth 23 km.
The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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