A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018182014. Id of event: pr2018182014. Exact location, longitude -63.9243° West, latitude 18.323° North, depth = 50 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 04:35:20 / July 1, 2018 @ 4:35 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:35:20 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km E of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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