A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 04:42:14 / January 26, 2019 @ 4:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Exact location of event, depth 39 km, -64.0605° West, 18.6035° North. The temblor was detected at 00:42:14 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019026002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019026002.
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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