A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.4308 West, latitude 19.0971 North, depth = 96 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:44:28 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 07:44:28 / April 13, 2019 @ 7:44 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019103009. Id of event: pr2019103009.
Close 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). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 77 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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