A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 21:55:16 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/16 / 2016-10-29 01:55:16 / October 29, 2016 @ 1:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.9442° West, latitude 18.9946° North, depth = 30 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16303002. Id of event: pr16303002.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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