A minor earthquake magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 02:04:55 / February 26, 2018 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.2366 West, latitude 18.788 North, depth = 83 km. Unique identifier: pr2018057000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018057000. The temblor was detected at 22:04:55 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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