A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Event id: pr2018350025. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018350025. Global time and date of event 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 13:28:22 / December 16, 2018 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 91 km (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.0985 West, latitude 18.2705 North, depth = 91 km. The temblor was detected at 09:28:22 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 57 km ESE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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