A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 16:03:43 / October 10, 2016 @ 4:03 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:43 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.6949° West, 18.8729° North, depth 14 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16284007. Unique identifier: pr16284007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 51 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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