A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 134 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (83 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6437 West, latitude 19.6298 North, depth = 66 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15217014. Id of event: pr15217014. The epicenter was at a depth of 66 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:57:15 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 09:57:15 / August 5, 2015 @ 9:57 am.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 134 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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