A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:05:00 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 17:05:00 / January 15, 2019 @ 5:05 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -65.1466 West, latitude 18.8981 North, depth = 77 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019015019. Event ids that are associated: pr2019015019.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay. Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 65 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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