A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7483 West, latitude 18.7398 North, depth = 51 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51 km (32 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 04:14:29 / August 4, 2019 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019216002. Id of event: pr2019216002. The temblor was detected at 00:14:29 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 38 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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