A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7193 West, latitude 19.1648 North, depth = 55 km. The temblor was detected at 13:42:25 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55 km (34 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019271048. Unique identifier: pr2019271048. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/19 / 2019-09-28 17:42:25 / September 28, 2019 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 83 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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