A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 180 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (112 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 01:36:21 / July 12, 2015 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15193000. Unique identifier: pr15193000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:36:21 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.9892 West, latitude 19.9335 North, depth = 76 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 180 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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