A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 08:36:56 / May 31, 2019 @ 8:36 am. Unique identifier: pr2019151009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019151009. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9573° West, 19.0838° North, depth 16 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:36:56 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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