A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (55 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.0935° West, latitude 19.3255° North, depth = 33 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017154014, us20009kjf. Id of event: pr2017154014. The temblor was detected at 19:32:45 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/17 / 2017-06-03 23:32:45 / June 3, 2017 @ 11:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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