A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was reported 113 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (70 miles) on Saturday. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:45:57 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.0183° West, latitude 19.3658° North, depth = 71 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 03:45:57 / January 20, 2019 @ 3:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71 km (44 miles). Event id: pr2019020002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019020002.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 113 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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