A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (55 miles) on Friday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:39:39 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 12:39:39 / December 30, 2016 @ 12:39 pm. Unique identifier: pr16365002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16365002. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -64.5105° West, 19.2094° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 88 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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