A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 54 km, -64.506° West, 18.8225° North. Global time and date of event 27/02/19 / 2019-02-27 07:05:50 / February 27, 2019 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:05:50 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019058005. Id of event: pr2019058005.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
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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. 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: 46 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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