A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019051007. Unique identifier: pr2019051007. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7455 West, latitude 18.7788 North, depth = 74 km. Global time and date of event 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 12:16:08 / February 20, 2019 @ 12:16 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 74 km (46 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:16:08 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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