A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 01:22:45 / January 2, 2019 @ 1:22 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019002001. Unique identifier: pr2019002001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.7678° West, latitude 18.8945° North, depth = 42 km. The temblor was detected at 21:22:45 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 55 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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