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[Bruce]

Magnitude 2.8, epicenter near the British Virgin Islands


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Magnitude 2.8 - VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION

2008 July 14 14:21:21 UTC

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Earthquake Details

Magnitude2.8Date-Time

• Monday, July 14, 2008 at 14:21:21 UTC
• Monday, July 14, 2008 at 10:21:21 AM at epicenter
• Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location18.834°N, 64.646°WDepth24.3 km (15.1 miles)RegionVIRGIN ISLANDS REGIONDistances

• 36 km (22 miles) WNW (289&#176 from Settlement, Anegada, British Virgin Islands
• 42 km (26 miles) N (349&#176 from East End-Long Look, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
• 43 km (27 miles) N (356&#176 from ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands
• 148 km (92 miles) ENE (71&#176 from Carolina, PR

Location Uncertaintyhorizontal +/- 1.1 km (0.7 miles); depth +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles)ParametersNph=014, Dmin=46.3 km, Rmss=0.16 sec, Gp=288°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1Source

• Puerto Rico Seismic Network, University of Puerto Rico

Event IDprp0819608

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near the British Virgin Islands.

[Mosiah]

That's not the same one, Bruce. That apparently happened this morning and it says BVI.

[Bruce]

USGS reports four tremors 2.7 to 3.5 magnitude during the evening, all centered around Puerto Rico.

[Peter R]

Cho, unuh fi come a Trinidad if unuh waan feel hurtquake:

One in 2004 really shook me up (5.4 Richter scale): broke a pipe (PVC) connected to the water heater in my house. Could have been worse.

pr
Friday, December 03, 2004

[HL]

How do you know they are not the same?

Please post the Jamaican seismic report to verify the difference.

Thanks in advance... (as Jawge would say)

[Mosiah]

They occurred on different days?!? DUH?

[Muadib]

More than one person has recommended Carnival in Trinidad...

all PVC pipe a bruk ??

[Gamma]

uhm...dem still have mondays in jamaica?

[Peter R]

No. dem use a chinee brush to put on de glue.

pr