A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -65.0146° West, latitude 19.0026° North, depth = 62 km. Unique identifier: pr2019029003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019029003. The temblor was reported at 07:12:23 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 11:12:23 / January 29, 2019 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62 km (39 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (49 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 two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 73 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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