A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was reported 103 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (64 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45 km (28 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/18 / 2018-04-02 03:24:27 / April 2, 2018 @ 3:24 am. The temblor was picked up at 23:24:27 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.3863° West, latitude 19.3295° North, depth = 45 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018092000. Unique identifier: pr2018092000.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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