A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017335000. Id of event: pr2017335000. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:51 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 01:05:51 / December 1, 2017 @ 1:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 88 km, -64.5651° West, 18.8636° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close 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 Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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