A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 131 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/19 / 2019-10-07 01:02:14 / October 7, 2019 @ 1:02 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5215 West, latitude 19.5972 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us70005rgt. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19280050, us70005rgt. The temblor was detected at 21:02:14 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 131 km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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