A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:36:22 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/15 / 2015-12-26 00:36:22 / December 26, 2015 @ 12:36 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15360000. Unique identifier: pr15360000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5599 West, latitude 18.6641 North, depth = 32 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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