A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Virgin Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Virgin Islands region. Event id: pr2018356010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018356010. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8258 West, latitude 19.1298 North, depth = 64 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 14:17:20 / December 22, 2018 @ 2:17 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:17:20 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64 km (40 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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