A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 135 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (84 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:08:10 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15218000. Id of event: pr15218000. The epicenter was at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 02:08:10 / August 6, 2015 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.6498 West, latitude 19.6396 North, depth = 32 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 135 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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