A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 08:28:54 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018327009. Id of event: pr2018327009. Exact location of earthquake, -64.5303° West, 18.6621° North, depth 55 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/18 / 2018-11-23 12:28:54 / November 23, 2018 @ 12:28 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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