A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:21:24 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 14:21:24 / July 19, 2016 @ 2:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr16201000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16201000. Exact location, longitude -63.8255° West, latitude 18.5627° North, depth = 93 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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