A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:35:07 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.3125 West, latitude 18.8775 North, depth = 44 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 22:35:07 / January 17, 2017 @ 10:35 pm. Unique identifier: pr17017009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17017009.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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