A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 12:12:45 / June 21, 2018 @ 12:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018172010. Unique identifier: pr2018172010. The temblor was reported at 08:12:45 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.864° West, 18.7476° North, depth 48 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km NW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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