A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:45:13 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19243050. Id of event: pt19243050. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.991 West, latitude 18.957 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 08:45:13 / August 31, 2019 @ 8:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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