A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 00:40:48 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019298022. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019298022. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9988° West, 18.9° North, depth 29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/19 / 2019-10-25 04:40:48 / October 25, 2019 @ 4:40 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 62 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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