A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr2019038001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019038001. Exact location, longitude -64.5196° West, latitude 19.0111° North, depth = 56 km. Global time and date of event 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 00:48:43 / February 7, 2019 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:48:43 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 56 km (35 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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