A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 91 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (57 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 14:27:14 / April 16, 2017 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17106083. Id of event: pr17106083. The temblor was reported at 10:27:14 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33 km, -64.6997° West, 19.2413° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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