A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (71 miles) on Monday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:35:07 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.828 West, latitude 19.4371 North, depth = 41 km. Event id: pr2019050006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019050006. The epicenter was at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 01:35:07 / February 19, 2019 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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