A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:45:47 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019005012. Unique identifier: pr2019005012. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 16:45:47 / January 5, 2019 @ 4:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 21 km, -65.1101° West, 18.8931° North.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 63 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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