A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.5541° West, latitude 18.8435° North, depth = 3 km. Event id: pr16154000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16154000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 01:28:12 / June 2, 2016 @ 1:28 am. The temblor was reported at 21:28:12 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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