A minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 14:07:38 / February 11, 2018 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.6496° West, latitude 18.8263° North, depth = 112 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018042004. Id of event: pr2018042004. The temblor was detected at 10:07:38 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-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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