A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 52 km (32 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:13:10 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 15:13:10 / January 3, 2017 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr17003006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17003006. Exact location of event, depth 52 km, -64.823° West, 18.9402° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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