A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019333007. Unique identifier: pr2019333007. The temblor was picked up at 10:08:39 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.6723° West, 19.1321° North, depth 41 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 14:08:39 / November 29, 2019 @ 2:08 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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