A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16162002. Unique identifier: pr16162002. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 06:01:05 / June 10, 2016 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 02:01:05 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 112 km, -64.7559° West, 18.3495° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112 km (70 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Saint Croix, Culebra (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 two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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