A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Road Town in British Virgin Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:29:59 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6688 West, latitude 19.2355 North, depth = 12.78 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ockady, us20006ui6. Id of event: us20006ui6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.78 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 09:29:59 / August 27, 2016 @ 9:29 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 90 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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