A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:44:59 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.8983 West, latitude 19.077 North, depth = 47 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019008009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019008009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 08:44:59 / January 8, 2019 @ 8:44 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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