A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:24:44 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16127006. Id of event: pr16127006. Exact location, longitude -64.6333° West, latitude 18.8859° North, depth = 32 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 12:24:44 / May 6, 2016 @ 12:24 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 51 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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