A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3545 West, latitude 18.8483 North, depth = 25 km. The temblor was reported at 05:12:31 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15351007. Unique identifier: pr15351007. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/15 / 2015-12-17 09:12:31 / December 17, 2015 @ 9:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close 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 Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 55 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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