A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 02:49:26 / July 20, 2018 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018201003. Unique identifier: pr2018201003. The temblor was reported at 22:49:26 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.1265° West, 18.7738° North, depth 37 km.
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 65 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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