A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 22:13:41 / January 17, 2017 @ 10:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr17017008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17017008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.577 West, latitude 19.1277 North, depth = 25 km. The temblor was reported at 18:13:41 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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