A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018323009. Unique identifier: pr2018323009. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4013 West, latitude 18.8346 North, depth = 52 km. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:10:06 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52 km (32 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 06:10:06 / November 19, 2018 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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