A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 86 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (53 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 04:45:14 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 08:45:14 / August 31, 2019 @ 8:45 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pt19243050, us70005aj5, pr2019243005. Unique identifier: pr2019243005. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -63.9471° West, 19.1518° North.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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