A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/17 / 2017-12-09 08:47:12 / December 9, 2017 @ 8:47 am. Exact location, longitude -64.4738° West, latitude 19.0055° North, depth = 97 km. Id of earthquake: pr2017343001. Event ids that are associated: pr2017343001. The temblor was picked up at 04:47:12 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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