A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (48 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 09:01:52 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 13:01:52 / August 31, 2016 @ 1:01 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16244005. Unique identifier: pr16244005. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 31 km, -65.1802° West, 19.0023° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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