A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16275001. Id of event: pr16275001. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9533° West, 18.9972° North, depth 30 km. The temblor was detected at 21:07:49 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 01:07:49 / October 1, 2016 @ 1:07 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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