A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:26:04 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8825 West, latitude 18.9037 North, depth = 50 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16158005. Id of event: pr16158005. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 12:26:04 / June 6, 2016 @ 12:26 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 60 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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