A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:22:53 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 08:22:53 / January 23, 2017 @ 8:22 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17023003. Id of event: pr17023003. Exact location, longitude -64.7076° West, latitude 19.107° North, depth = 31 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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