A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 10:41:18 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 14:41:18 / May 5, 2019 @ 2:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9985 West, latitude 18.9226 North, depth = 40 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019125009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019125009.
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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 64 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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