A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (73 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019299000. Unique identifier: pr2019299000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 00:29:17 / October 26, 2019 @ 12:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 138 km (86 miles). The 3.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:29:17 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8505 West, latitude 19.4608 North, depth = 138 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 118 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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