A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 96 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (60 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.7896 West, latitude 19.2953 North, depth = 67 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 00:40:12 / January 15, 2019 @ 12:40 am. Unique identifier: pr2019015000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019015000, us2000j3yw. The 3.33-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:40:12 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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