A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2019144007. Event ids that are associated: pr2019144007. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.8435 West, latitude 18.8045 North, depth = 41 km. The temblor was detected at 19:14:22 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/19 / 2019-05-24 23:14:22 / May 24, 2019 @ 11:14 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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