A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7697 West, latitude 18.916 North, depth = 48 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Unique identifier: pr17003003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17003003. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 14:58:57 / January 3, 2017 @ 2:58 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:58:57 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 57 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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