A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr2018142009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018142009. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:54:04 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.6333° West, latitude 18.8953° North, depth = 65 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 17:54:04 / May 22, 2018 @ 5:54 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 53 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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