A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 89 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (55 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16240024. Id of event: pr16240024. Exact location of event, longitude -64.638 West, latitude 19.2255 North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 22:35:03 / August 27, 2016 @ 10:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:35:03 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 89 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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