A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 52 km, -64.693° West, 19.1252° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52 km (32 miles). Unique identifier: pr16239009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16239009. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 10:14:46 / August 26, 2016 @ 10:14 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:14:46 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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