A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:11:27 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98 km (61 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.5343 West, latitude 18.4338 North, depth = 98 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018186000. Event ids that are associated: pr2018186000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 02:11:27 / July 5, 2018 @ 2:11 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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