A minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 17:21:41 / January 15, 2019 @ 5:21 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). The 3.35-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:21:41 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019015021. Unique identifier: pr2019015021. Exact location of event, depth 90 km, -64.8085° West, 19.0098° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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