A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.695 West, latitude 19.1211 North, depth = 46 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 28/03/19 / 2019-03-28 06:09:35 / March 28, 2019 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:09:35 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019087006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019087006.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 78 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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