A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7486 West, latitude 18.7805 North, depth = 13 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2018333008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018333008. The temblor was detected at 07:41:02 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 11:41:02 / November 29, 2018 @ 11:41 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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