A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 17:29:38 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/03/16 / 2016-03-26 21:29:38 / March 26, 2016 @ 9:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3602 West, latitude 18.7278 North, depth = 34 km. Event id: pr16086003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16086003.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 43 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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