A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 101 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (63 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -64.9681° West, latitude 19.273° North, depth = 46 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 06:44:43 / September 5, 2015 @ 6:44 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15248005. Id of event: pr15248005. The temblor was detected at 02:44:43 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter).
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 twenty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 101 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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