A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 116 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (72 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/19 / 2019-02-18 23:38:07 / February 18, 2019 @ 11:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 23.31 km, -64.9758° West, 19.4087° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19049001, us2000jjs5. Id of event: us2000jjs5. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.31 km (14 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:38:07 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 116 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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