A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 88 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (55 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 03:53:45 / July 31, 2018 @ 3:53 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.8263 West, latitude 19.187 North, depth = 33 km. The 3.33-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:53:45 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018212017. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018212017.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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