A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.404 West, latitude 18.929 North, depth = 21 km. Event id: pr16243000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16243000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 04:01:07 / August 30, 2016 @ 4:01 am. The temblor was reported at 00:01:07 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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