A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:30:29 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019144004. Id of event: pr2019144004. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -64.4815° West, 19.0871° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/19 / 2019-05-24 22:30:29 / May 24, 2019 @ 10:30 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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