A minor earthquake magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 03:00:15 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4345 West, latitude 19.1005 North, depth = 125 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 07:00:15 / December 21, 2019 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019355014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019355014.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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