A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 17:11:09 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.9563° West, latitude 18.8338° North, depth = 89 km. Global time and date of event 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 21:11:09 / January 28, 2019 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019028012. Event ids that are associated: pr2019028012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola. Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 54 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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