A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 09:11:10 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018211010. Unique identifier: pr2018211010. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7438° West, 18.7538° North, depth 105 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 105 km (65 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 13:11:10 / July 30, 2018 @ 1:11 pm.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 39 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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