A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/16 / 2016-08-17 17:18:03 / August 17, 2016 @ 5:18 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 58 km, -64.7865° West, 19.1072° North. The temblor was detected at 13:18:03 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16230003. Id of event: pr16230003.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 78 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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