A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr17025004. Unique identifier: pr17025004. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6197 West, latitude 18.891 North, depth = 43 km. The temblor was detected at 03:34:08 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/17 / 2017-01-25 07:34:08 / January 25, 2017 @ 7:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 52 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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