A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (66 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 21:01:15 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 01:01:15 / February 19, 2019 @ 1:01 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019050003. Id of event: pr2019050003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8396 West, latitude 19.3651 North, depth = 25 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 107 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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