A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact location, longitude -64.2183° West, latitude 19.0676° North, depth = 40 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020031003. Id of event: pr2020031003. The epicenter was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:11:01 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 05:11:01 / January 31, 2020 @ 5:11 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 83 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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