A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.4974° West, 18.8255° North, depth 2 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:51:12 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 18:51:12 / October 9, 2016 @ 6:51 pm. Unique identifier: pr16283011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16283011.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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