A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2019187018. Event ids that are associated: pr2019187018, us70004dep. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0221 West, latitude 18.943 North, depth = 29 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 21:39:12 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:39:12 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola. Close 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). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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