A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/16 / 2016-10-29 05:07:36 / October 29, 2016 @ 5:07 am. Exact location of event, depth 87 km, -64.7567° West, 18.427° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 87 km (54 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:07:36 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16303005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16303005.
Close 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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