A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 08:22:51 / October 1, 2016 @ 8:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:22:51 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16275006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16275006. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9897° West, 18.8383° North, depth 23 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 55 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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