A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 01:17:00 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.4735° West, latitude 18.4388° North, depth = 70 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018323003. Unique identifier: pr2018323003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 05:17:00 / November 19, 2018 @ 5:17 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km E of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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