A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -64.8308° West, latitude 19.0904° North, depth = 38 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 00:40:15 / June 30, 2016 @ 12:40 am. Unique identifier: pr16182001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16182001. The temblor was reported at 20:40:15 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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