A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 84 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (52 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 10:10:45 / October 30, 2015 @ 10:10 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:10:45 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.6461° West, 19.1767° North, depth 6 km. Event id: pr15303013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15303013.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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