A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The temblor was detected at 16:14:26 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.3935° West, 18.8213° North, depth 32 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019126009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019126009. Global time and date of event 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 20:14:26 / May 6, 2019 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
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 eleven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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