A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.2598 West, latitude 18.83 North, depth = 26 km. The temblor was reported at 03:46:22 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/10/16 / 2016-10-28 07:46:22 / October 28, 2016 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16302002. Unique identifier: pr16302002.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 59 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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