A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019271059. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019271059. Exact location of event, depth 79 km, -64.6163° West, 18.9026° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/19 / 2019-09-28 18:25:15 / September 28, 2019 @ 6:25 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:25:15 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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