A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 05:05:03 / July 31, 2018 @ 5:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7391° West, 19.0541° North, depth 40 km. The temblor was detected at 01:05:03 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018212029. Id of event: pr2018212029.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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