A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 142 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (88 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.9436° West, latitude 19.666° North, depth = 63 km. Event id: pr2018236005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018236005. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). The 3.34-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:35:43 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/18 / 2018-08-24 09:35:43 / August 24, 2018 @ 9:35 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 142 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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