A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 08:29:06 / January 19, 2019 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5668 West, latitude 18.7485 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 04:29:06 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019019009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019019009.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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