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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Road Town in British Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.957S, -63.991WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:45:13 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19243050. Id of event: pt19243050. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.991 West, latitude 18.957 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 08:45:13 / August 31, 2019 @ 8:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.991° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.957° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km NE 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 2019-08-31 08:45:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-31 08:50:16 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 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19243050 Id of event.
Event Code 19243050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19243050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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