A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 15 km, -64.2434° West, 18.9267° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16340014. Unique identifier: pr16340014. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 13:55:34 / December 5, 2016 @ 1:55 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:55:34 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 68 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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