A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. Global time and date of event 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 22:20:25 / January 6, 2019 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019006016. Unique identifier: pr2019006016. Exact location of event, longitude -64.6276 West, latitude 18.387 North, depth = 92 km. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:20:25 / 6:20 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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