A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 20:12:52 / August 16, 2016 @ 8:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:12:52 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 43 km, -64.9235° West, 18.9803° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16229010. Id of event: pr16229010.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety 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 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: 70 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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