A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -64.3401° West, 18.8735° North, depth 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 22:12:59 / April 2, 2019 @ 10:12 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019092014. Unique identifier: pr2019092014. The temblor was picked up at 18:12:59 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 58 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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