A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 93 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (58 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:31:44 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2021019006. Unique identifier: pr2021019006. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9413 West, latitude 19.1893 North, depth = 33 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/21 / 2021-01-19 05:31:44 / January 19, 2021 @ 5:31 am.
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 four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 93 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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