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Minor earthquake: M3.51 quake has struck near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.7273S, -64.5941WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/17 / 2017-06-17 04:53:28 / June 17, 2017 @ 4:53 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2017168003. Event ids that are associated: pr2017168003. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5941 West, latitude 18.7273 North, depth = 41 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:53:28 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 34 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 3.51 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.5941° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7273° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km 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 2017-06-17 04:53:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-18 16:03:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 15 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 195 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8064 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 pr2017168003 Id of event.
Event Code 2017168003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017168003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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