A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The temblor was detected at 06:54:27 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019228010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019228010. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.9861 West, latitude 18.6116 North, depth = 25 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 16/08/19 / 2019-08-16 10:54:27 / August 16, 2019 @ 10:54 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Fajardo, Isabel Segunda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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