A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -64.263° West, latitude 19.118° North, depth = 71 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 71 km (44 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019003002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019003002. The 3.51-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:43:40 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 00:43:40 / January 3, 2019 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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