A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -64.6665° West, latitude 19.142° North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019311009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019311009. Global time and date of event 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 08:04:57 / November 7, 2019 @ 8:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:04:57 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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