A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.3237° West, 18.6135° North, depth 53 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:28:15 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 13:28:15 / June 10, 2016 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16162009. Unique identifier: pr16162009.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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