A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6038 West, latitude 18.9813 North, depth = 47 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 11:20:55 / July 30, 2018 @ 11:20 am UTC/GMT. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:20:55 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018211007. Event ids that are associated: pr2018211007.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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