A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 110 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (68 miles). Exact location of event, depth 58 km, -65.1208° West, 19.3206° North. Global time and date of event 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 06:23:19 / June 6, 2018 @ 6:23 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018157004. Id of event: pr2018157004. The temblor was detected at 02:23:19 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 110 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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