A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018209002. Id of event: pr2018209002. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5568 West, latitude 18.5906 North, depth = 96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 03:03:36 / July 28, 2018 @ 3:03 am. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:03:36 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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