A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Global time and date of event 24/10/16 / 2016-10-24 02:40:28 / October 24, 2016 @ 2:40 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr16298000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16298000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0398 West, latitude 18.6068 North, depth = 24 km. The temblor was detected at 22:40:28 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luquillo, Ceiba, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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