A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 94 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands (58 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 09:31:54 / December 10, 2015 @ 9:31 am. The temblor was reported at 05:31:54 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8681 West, latitude 19.2392 North, depth = 18 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr15344007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15344007.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 94 km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
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