A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 91 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (57 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/18 / 2018-12-19 13:01:23 / December 19, 2018 @ 1:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:01:23 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -64.8041° West, latitude 19.2226° North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018353013. Id of event: pr2018353013. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. 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: 91 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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