A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:33:47 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 05:33:47 / July 1, 2018 @ 5:33 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018182021. Id of event: pr2018182021. Exact location, longitude -64.5115° West, latitude 19.0041° North, depth = 102 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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