A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -64.4605° West, latitude 18.385° North, depth = 44 km. Event id: pr2018154001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018154001. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:31:44 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 08:31:44 / June 3, 2018 @ 8:31 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44 km (27 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km ESE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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