A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.2328 West, latitude 18.8825 North, depth = 60 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 03:56:56 / July 1, 2018 @ 3:56 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018182013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018182013. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:56:56 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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