A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 129 km, -64.5458° West, 18.6816° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 129 km (80 miles). The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:17:30 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030011. Id of event: pr2019030011. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 06:17:30 / January 30, 2019 @ 6:17 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twelve, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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