A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr16277003. Event ids that are associated: pr16277003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:45:57 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 15:45:57 / October 3, 2016 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8123 West, latitude 19.059 North, depth = 13 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 74 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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