A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 87 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (54 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 00:04:52 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15188000. Id of event: pr15188000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 04:04:52 / July 7, 2015 @ 4:04 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.8424 West, latitude 19.1756 North, depth = 6 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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