A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/19 / 2019-04-29 10:18:48 / April 29, 2019 @ 10:18 am. Exact location, longitude -64.9498° West, latitude 18.8275° North, depth = 56 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:18:48 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019119007. Id of event: pr2019119007.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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