A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, depth 69 km, -64.7055° West, 18.999° North. Event id: pr2019129004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019129004. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:05:33 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/19 / 2019-05-09 05:05:33 / May 9, 2019 @ 5:05 am.
Close country/countries, 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 Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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