A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -64.6991° West, latitude 18.9886° North, depth = 73 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:58:07 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 05:58:07 / July 31, 2018 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018212026. Unique identifier: pr2018212026.
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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 thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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