A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 04:17:15 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.0115 West, latitude 18.92 North, depth = 58 km. Event id: pr2019034007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019034007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 08:17:15 / February 3, 2019 @ 8:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola. Close 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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifty-two 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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