A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:22:31 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -64.6406° West, 18.5981° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 18:22:31 / January 23, 2019 @ 6:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019023008. Unique identifier: pr2019023008.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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