A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 21:48:03 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018057001. Unique identifier: pr2018057001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.2521 West, latitude 18.8463 North, depth = 53 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 01:48:03 / February 26, 2018 @ 1:48 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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