A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -65.0075° West, latitude 19.066° North, depth = 42 km. Event id: pr2019212014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019212014. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 13:12:43 / July 31, 2019 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:12:43 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 42 km (26 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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