A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 93 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (58 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.7676 West, latitude 19.2504 North, depth = 60 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:21:46 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17056011. Id of event: pr17056011. Global time and date of event 25/02/17 / 2017-02-25 03:21:46 / February 25, 2017 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 nine, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 93 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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