A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 09:27:19 / October 8, 2016 @ 9:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:27:19 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr16282001. Event ids that are associated: pr16282001. The epicenter was at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0223 West, latitude 18.5834 North, depth = 27 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Ceiba, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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