A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:35:42 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3433 West, latitude 18.5328 North, depth = 29 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018182025. Unique identifier: pr2018182025. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 12:35:42 / July 1, 2018 @ 12:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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