A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 93 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (58 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.5978° West, latitude 19.2597° North, depth = 59 km. The temblor was reported at 22:37:57 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15204002. Unique identifier: pr15204002. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 02:37:57 / July 23, 2015 @ 2:37 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 93 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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