A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 126 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (78 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 00:19:35 / July 23, 2015 @ 12:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 97 km, -64.6654° West, 19.5568° North. Id of earthquake: pr15204004. Event ids that are associated: pr15204004. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:19:35 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 126 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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