A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 80 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (50 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.791° West, 19.1275° North, depth 12 km. The temblor was detected at 03:21:22 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: pr16006022. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16006022. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/16 / 2016-01-06 07:21:22 / January 6, 2016 @ 7:21 am.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 80 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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