A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.744° West, latitude 19.1148° North, depth = 41 km. Event id: pr2018040009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018040009. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:06:50 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 17:06:50 / February 9, 2018 @ 5:06 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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