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Minor earthquake: M3.41 quake has struck near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 19.0635S, -64.1895WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019083006. Unique identifier: pr2019083006. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:46:28 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.1895 West, latitude 19.0635 North, depth = 119 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/03/19 / 2019-03-24 07:46:28 / March 24, 2019 @ 7:46 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 84 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1895° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0635° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 119 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-24 07:46:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-24 13:17:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 179 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.898 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 350 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2019083006 Id of event.
Event Code 2019083006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019083006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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