A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Monday. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:59:58 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/12/18 / 2018-12-25 00:59:58 / December 25, 2018 @ 12:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.132° West, latitude 18.6548° North, depth = 41 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018359000. Event ids that are associated: pr2018359000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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