A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pt18212050. Unique identifier: pt18212050. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.815 West, latitude 19.041 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 02:59:38 / July 31, 2018 @ 2:59 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:59:38 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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