A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 123 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (76 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.0376 West, latitude 19.4585 North, depth = 40 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Event id: pr2019128007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019128007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 07:40:33 / May 8, 2019 @ 7:40 am. The temblor was reported at 03:40:33 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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