A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Saturday. Global time and date of event 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 18:39:41 / August 4, 2018 @ 6:39 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018216014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018216014. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104 km (65 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.3018 West, latitude 18.2928 North, depth = 104 km. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:39:41 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay. Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 35 km ESE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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