A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 23:01:22 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.52 West, latitude 19.0803 North, depth = 24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 03:01:22 / December 21, 2019 @ 3:01 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019355006. Id of event: pr2019355006.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 74 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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