A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:21:23 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 02:21:23 / July 31, 2018 @ 2:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018212003. Event ids that are associated: pr2018212003. Exact location of event, depth 85 km, -64.7056° West, 18.9526° North.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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