A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr16159003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16159003. Exact location of earthquake, -64.6006° West, 19.0237° North, depth 31 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:35:56 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 09:35:56 / June 7, 2016 @ 9:35 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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