A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7991 West, latitude 18.9373 North, depth = 75 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 06:13:04 / July 31, 2018 @ 6:13 am. Unique identifier: pr2018212027. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018212027. The temblor was picked up at 02:13:04 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 km (47 miles).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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