A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 101 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.634 West, latitude 19.3367 North, depth = 24 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 09:33:41 / August 7, 2015 @ 9:33 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15219014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15219014. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:33:41 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter).
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 fourty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-two 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 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: 101 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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