A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 94 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (58 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:05:10 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/17 / 2017-05-25 09:05:10 / May 25, 2017 @ 9:05 am. Unique identifier: pr2017145036. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017145036. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8375 West, latitude 19.241 North, depth = 48 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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