A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 98 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (61 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Road Town in British Virgin Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -64.633° West, 19.307° North. The temblor was reported at 05:29:58 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Event id: at00ockady. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ockady. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 09:29:58 / August 27, 2016 @ 9:29 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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