A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.411 West, latitude 18.8962 North, depth = 28 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/16 / 2016-07-12 05:13:15 / July 12, 2016 @ 5:13 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Id of earthquake: pr16194002. Event ids that are associated: pr16194002. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:13:15 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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