A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 00:52:50 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018182020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018182020. Global time and date of event 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 04:52:50 / July 1, 2018 @ 4:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.3586° West, latitude 19.0818° North, depth = 47 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close 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 and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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