A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0958 West, latitude 18.8186 North, depth = 64 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019036023. Unique identifier: pr2019036023. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 10:09:34 / February 5, 2019 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:09:34 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fajardo, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 55 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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