A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 72 km, -64.7391° West, 19.162° North. Event id: pr2019271026. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019271026. Global time and date of event 28/09/19 / 2019-09-28 16:48:10 / September 28, 2019 @ 4:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:48:10 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 83 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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