A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 106 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (66 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.1614 West, latitude 19.2779 North, depth = 85 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:57:15 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15231008. Event ids that are associated: pr15231008. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 18:57:15 / August 19, 2015 @ 6:57 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 106 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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