A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.0747 West, latitude 18.4013 North, depth = 24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:12:27 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 14:12:27 / June 14, 2016 @ 2:12 pm. Event id: pr16166005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16166005.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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