A minor earthquake magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 00:12:48 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 04:12:48 / January 27, 2019 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). Event id: pr2019027004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019027004. Exact location of event, depth 76 km, -64.344° West, 18.737° North.
Nearby 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), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 45 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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