A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 22:08:24 / November 28, 2019 @ 10:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019332012. Id of event: pr2019332012. Exact location of earthquake, -64.4325° West, 19.012° North, depth 10 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:08:24 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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