A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:07 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 00:04:07 / May 16, 2016 @ 12:04 am. Id of earthquake: pr16137000. Event ids that are associated: pr16137000. Exact location, longitude -65.0104° West, latitude 18.8724° North, depth = 16 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town. Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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