A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2018212021. Event ids that are associated: pr2018212021. The epicenter was at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Global time and date of event 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 05:26:34 / July 31, 2018 @ 5:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 70 km, -64.6938° West, 18.9703° North. The temblor was picked up at 01:26:34 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 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 or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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