A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr2018220004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018220004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 07:47:06 / August 8, 2018 @ 7:47 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.517 West, latitude 19.0891 North, depth = 67 km. The temblor was reported at 03:47:06 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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