A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018011001. Id of event: pr2018011001. Exact location of event, longitude -64.6433 West, latitude 19.081 North, depth = 74 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74 km (46 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:12 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 02:46:12 / January 11, 2018 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 73 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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