A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -64.649° West, latitude 18.7671° North, depth = 53 km. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:39:02 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018195002. Id of event: pr2018195002. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 06:39:02 / July 14, 2018 @ 6:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53 km (33 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 38 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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