A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 85 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.7399° West, 19.1788° North, depth 24 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16238034. Id of event: pr16238034. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:53 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/16 / 2016-08-25 23:49:53 / August 25, 2016 @ 11:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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