A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.57 km (20 miles). Exact location of event, depth 31.57 km, -65.0311° West, 18.9072° North. Global time and date of event 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 06:58:58 / May 20, 2016 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005ir3. Unique identifier: us10005ir3. The temblor was detected at 02:58:58 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 63 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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