A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 04:33:10 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.1876° West, latitude 18.0898° North, depth = 66 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 08:33:10 / October 4, 2018 @ 8:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 66 km (41 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018277009. Id of event: pr2018277009.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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