A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3414 West, latitude 18.8246 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:18:52 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16226010. Id of event: pr16226010. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/16 / 2016-08-13 18:18:52 / August 13, 2016 @ 6:18 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Close 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 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 53 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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