A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 23:17:31 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.552° West, latitude 19.091° North, depth = 44 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 03:17:31 / July 1, 2018 @ 3:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2018182007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018182007.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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