A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 18:02:40 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 22:02:40 / January 2, 2017 @ 10:02 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr17002003. Unique identifier: pr17002003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -64.302° West, 19.0184° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 74 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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