A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). Exact location of event, depth 63 km, -64.4445° West, 18.5802° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16288004. Unique identifier: pr16288004. The temblor was picked up at 03:46:57 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 07:46:57 / October 14, 2016 @ 7:46 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, 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 one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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