A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.442° West, 18.401° North, depth 54 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 06:51:14 / June 1, 2018 @ 6:51 am. The temblor was reported at 02:51:14 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018152004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018152004.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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