A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.789 West, latitude 18.9786 North, depth = 60 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 20:09:05 / March 3, 2019 @ 8:09 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:09:05 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019062007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019062007.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, 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 Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, 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 has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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