A light earthquake magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pt19221000, pr2019221004, us600052sq. Unique identifier: pr2019221004. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 14:21:41 / August 9, 2019 @ 2:21 pm. Exact location, longitude -64.9021° West, latitude 19.1976° North, depth = 33 km. The temblor was detected at 10:21:41 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 77 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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