A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (51 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Event id: pr16006018. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16006018. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/16 / 2016-01-06 06:21:38 / January 6, 2016 @ 6:21 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.676 West, latitude 19.1641 North, depth = 15 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:21:38 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 82 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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