A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:33 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 119 km, -64.0368° West, 18.621° North. Unique identifier: pr2019003004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019003004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119 km (74 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 07:59:33 / January 3, 2019 @ 7:59 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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