A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 02:02:46 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.9394° West, 18.6483° North, depth 21 km. Unique identifier: pr16073001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16073001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 06:02:46 / March 13, 2016 @ 6:02 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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