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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.1539S, -64.598WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.598° West, 19.1539° North, depth 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17104000. Id of event: pr17104000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/17 / 2017-04-14 02:58:43 / April 14, 2017 @ 2:58 am. The temblor was reported at 22:58:43 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 81 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.598° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1539° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km N 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 2017-04-14 02:58:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-14 03:22:51 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 178 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8345349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 306 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 pr17104000 Id of event.
Event Code 17104000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr17104000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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