A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 101 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (63 miles). Global time and date of event 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 03:17:22 / June 19, 2016 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.3797° West, latitude 19.3038° North, depth = 77 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:17:22 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16171001. Id of event: pr16171001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 101 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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