A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.61-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:44:52 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6811 West, latitude 19.1838 North, depth = 54 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 17:44:52 / January 11, 2018 @ 5:44 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018011013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018011013.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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