A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.4405 West, latitude 18.7313 North, depth = 27 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:25:56 / 10:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018232001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018232001. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 02:25:56 / August 20, 2018 @ 2:25 am.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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