A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles). The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:38:19 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/18 / 2018-03-18 05:38:19 / March 18, 2018 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018077001. Id of event: pr2018077001. Exact location of earthquake, -64.4548° West, 18.8996° North, depth 73 km.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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