A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.6926° West, 19.0096° North, depth 111 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 02:47:34 / January 15, 2019 @ 2:47 am. Unique identifier: pr2019015010. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019015010. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111 km (69 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:47:34 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 66 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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