A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 18:34:49 / January 13, 2017 @ 6:34 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0115 West, latitude 19.0135 North, depth = 31 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:49 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Event id: pr17013006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17013006.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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