A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 18:41:49 / August 4, 2018 @ 6:41 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.68-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:41:49 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.1893 West, latitude 18.4786 North, depth = 109 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018216015. Id of event: pr2018216015.
Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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