A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 98 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (61 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.3613° West, latitude 19.2735° North, depth = 44 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 20:42:48 / January 5, 2019 @ 8:42 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019005016. Unique identifier: pr2019005016. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). The 3.42-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:42:48 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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