A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2019015005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019015005. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:19:50 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.9378° West, latitude 18.9666° North, depth = 101 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101 km (63 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 01:19:50 / January 15, 2019 @ 1:19 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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