A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 02:26:01 / December 29, 2017 @ 2:26 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017363000. Unique identifier: pr2017363000. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.8836 West, latitude 18.8501 North, depth = 54 km. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:26:01 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 55 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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