A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr2019015003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019015003. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:03:43 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 141 km (88 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 01:03:43 / January 15, 2019 @ 1:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5301 West, latitude 18.8183 North, depth = 141 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel it?
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. 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: 45 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply