A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) strikes 90 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (56 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 22:47:13 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.704 West, latitude 19.232 North, depth = 55 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/01/18 / 2018-01-12 02:47:13 / January 12, 2018 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2018012003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018012003.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 90 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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