A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -64.2701° West, latitude 19.0271° North, depth = 91 km. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:16:47 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 01:16:47 / January 4, 2019 @ 1:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91 km (57 miles). Event id: pr2019004000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019004000.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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