A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 145 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (90 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:36:27 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 50 km, -64.2218° West, 19.6807° North. Unique identifier: pr16081001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16081001. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 04:36:27 / March 21, 2016 @ 4:36 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 145 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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