A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 17:47:21 / July 3, 2019 @ 5:47 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5295 West, latitude 18.5878 North, depth = 106 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:47:21 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019184009. Unique identifier: pr2019184009. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106 km (66 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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