A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.1216 West, latitude 18.3755 North, depth = 24 km. Unique identifier: pr2018206000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018206000. The temblor was detected at 00:10:35 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 04:10:35 / July 25, 2018 @ 4:10 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km E of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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