A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.557 West, latitude 18.8515 North, depth = 57 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 10:02:53 / July 12, 2019 @ 10:02 am. Event id: pr2019193004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019193004. The temblor was picked up at 06:02:53 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 57 km (35 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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