A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:46:40 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 10:46:40 / May 18, 2016 @ 10:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 27 km, -64.9355° West, 18.9873° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16139007. Unique identifier: pr16139007.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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