A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 22:36:51 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019020001. Id of event: pr2019020001. Exact location of event, longitude -65.104 West, latitude 18.8061 North, depth = 29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 02:36:51 / January 20, 2019 @ 2:36 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fajardo, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 54 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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