A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (65 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2021020016. Unique identifier: pr2021020016. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/21 / 2021-01-20 13:11:30 / January 20, 2021 @ 1:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -65.0553 West, latitude 19.287 North, depth = 16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:11:30 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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