Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Road Town in British Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/17 / 2017-02-25 03:36:41 / February 25, 2017 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:36:41 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4105 West, latitude 19.03 North, depth = 36 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr17056007. Unique identifier: pr17056007.

Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 71 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.4105° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.03° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	36 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-25 03:36:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-25 09:57:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	168	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	3	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.09504633	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	349.2	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr17056007	Id of event.
Event Code	17056007	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr17056007,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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