A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 16:55:52 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 20:55:52 / July 30, 2018 @ 8:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.6871 West, latitude 19.1771 North, depth = 49 km. Event id: pr2018211016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018211016.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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