A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 107 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (66 miles). The 3.66-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:39:58 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 49 km, -64.8258° West, 19.3635° North. Global time and date of event 28/12/19 / 2019-12-28 10:39:58 / December 28, 2019 @ 10:39 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019362006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019362006. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 107 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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