A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0195 West, latitude 18.7605 North, depth = 16 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/16 / 2016-10-11 05:00:41 / October 11, 2016 @ 5:00 am. Unique identifier: pr16285002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16285002. The temblor was detected at 01:00:41 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 47 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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