A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 21:32:01 / July 30, 2018 @ 9:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:32:01 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.4708° West, 18.6895° North, depth 55 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55 km (34 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018211014. Event ids that are associated: pr2018211014.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 33 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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