A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 19:24:25 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.491 West, latitude 19.1181 North, depth = 49 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 23:24:25 / December 23, 2018 @ 11:24 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018357012. Unique identifier: pr2018357012.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 78 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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