A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 00:34:57 / July 1, 2018 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 20:34:57 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018182002. Unique identifier: pr2018182002. Exact location of event, depth 44 km, -64.3411° West, 18.9158° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 44 km (27 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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