A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 134 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (83 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -64.2385 West, latitude 19.5795 North, depth = 70 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:57:30 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 19:57:30 / September 28, 2015 @ 7:57 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr15271013. Event ids that are associated: pr15271013.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 134 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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