A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. Unique identifier: pr2019031007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019031007. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.0131 West, latitude 18.7976 North, depth = 86 km. The temblor was reported at 02:45:36 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 06:45:36 / January 31, 2019 @ 6:45 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 76 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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