A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 85 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (53 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018212039. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018212039. Exact location, longitude -64.791° West, latitude 19.1711° North, depth = 42 km. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:14:03 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 19:14:03 / July 31, 2018 @ 7:14 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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