A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.762° West, 19.0615° North, depth 69 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019086013. Unique identifier: pr2019086013. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:29:32 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 07:29:32 / March 27, 2019 @ 7:29 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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