A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -64.6981° West, 18.8398° North, depth 34 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 13:30:40 / June 16, 2018 @ 1:30 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:30:40 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018167004. Unique identifier: pr2018167004.
Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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