A minor earthquake magnitude 3.99 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 16:50:07 / February 9, 2018 @ 4:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55 km (34 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.866 West, latitude 19.1948 North, depth = 55 km. The 3.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:50:07 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt18040002, us2000czm4, pr2018040005. Unique identifier: pr2018040005.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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