A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 04:23:12 / July 29, 2016 @ 4:23 am. Exact location of event, longitude -65.1419 West, latitude 18.8831 North, depth = 49 km. Id of earthquake: pr16211004. Event ids that are associated: pr16211004. The epicenter was at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:23:12 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter).
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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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