A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 175 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (109 miles) on Sunday. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:31 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 99 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.6604° West, latitude 19.9979° North, depth = 99 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15249018. Id of event: pr15249018. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 08:49:31 / September 6, 2015 @ 8:49 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 175 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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