A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 06:37:34 / June 19, 2018 @ 6:37 am. Exact location, longitude -64.3868° West, latitude 18.9108° North, depth = 24 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Event id: pr2018170005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018170005. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:37:34 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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