A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 128 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (80 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8881 West, latitude 19.5455 North, depth = 90 km. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:00:44 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019051006. Event ids that are associated: pr2019051006. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 06:00:44 / February 20, 2019 @ 6:00 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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