A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.1051° West, 18.0356° North, depth 56 km. Event id: pr2018247000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018247000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/18 / 2018-09-04 03:03:19 / September 4, 2018 @ 3:03 am. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:03:19 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 68 km SE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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