A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 01:04:22 / April 18, 2018 @ 1:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6948 West, latitude 18.7631 North, depth = 31 km. The temblor was detected at 21:04:22 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018108000. Id of event: pr2018108000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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