A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5703 West, latitude 18.5168 North, depth = 42 km. The temblor was reported at 04:07:56 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 08:07:56 / March 2, 2019 @ 8:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019061005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019061005.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 9 km (6 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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