A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event id: pr16182002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16182002. Global time and date of event 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 01:14:37 / June 30, 2016 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55 km (34 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.7918° West, latitude 19.0235° North, depth = 55 km. The temblor was detected at 21:14:37 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirteen 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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