A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8548 West, latitude 19.015 North, depth = 86 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86 km (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:28:24 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/19 / 2019-09-28 15:28:24 / September 28, 2019 @ 3:28 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019271040. Id of event: pr2019271040.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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