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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag was detected near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.5656S, -64.2153WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019167001. Id of event: pr2019167001. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:45:57 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/19 / 2019-06-16 01:45:57 / June 16, 2019 @ 1:45 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.2153 West, latitude 18.5656 North, depth = 40 km.

Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.2153° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-16 01:45:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-16 04:54:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 136 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6875 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 346 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2019167001 Id of event.
Event Code 2019167001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019167001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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