A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:34:00 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/07/16 / 2016-07-22 04:34:00 / July 22, 2016 @ 4:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.4365 West, latitude 18.8376 North, depth = 9 km. Id of earthquake: pr16204002. Event ids that are associated: pr16204002.
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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