A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Exact location of event, depth 38 km, -64.5511° West, 18.8976° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 03:48:09 / July 31, 2018 @ 3:48 am. The temblor was detected at 23:48:09 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018212015. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018212015.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-nine 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: 53 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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