A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 21:51:54 / May 1, 2019 @ 9:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019121006. Id of event: pr2019121006. The temblor was detected at 17:51:54 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.5223 West, latitude 18.491 North, depth = 96 km.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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