A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 06:42:04 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16340006. Unique identifier: pr16340006. Exact location of event, longitude -64.2755 West, latitude 18.8152 North, depth = 24 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 10:42:04 / December 5, 2016 @ 10:42 am.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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