A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 23:29:34 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 03:29:34 / July 31, 2018 @ 3:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.7266° West, latitude 19.0463° North, depth = 43 km. Unique identifier: pr2018212008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018212008.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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