A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/18 / 2018-06-05 12:52:09 / June 5, 2018 @ 12:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6125 West, latitude 18.614 North, depth = 33 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018156005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018156005. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:52:09 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 21 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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