A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7595 West, latitude 19.152 North, depth = 109 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018212032. Id of event: pr2018212032. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 06:17:19 / July 31, 2018 @ 6:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). The 3.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:17:19 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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