A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 101 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (63 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -63.9101 West, latitude 19.4576 North, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/06/17 / 2017-06-04 00:06:00 / June 4, 2017 @ 12:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:06:00 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2017155001. Event ids that are associated: pr2017155001, us20009kjj.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 101 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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