A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:30:21 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54 km, -64.3063° West, 18.8438° North. Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 09:30:21 / June 20, 2018 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018171012. Id of event: pr2018171012.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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