A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/19 / 2019-07-29 03:24:12 / July 29, 2019 @ 3:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.7506° West, 19.149° North, depth 47 km. The temblor was reported at 23:24:12 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019210001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019210001.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
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 eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-one 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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