A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 92 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (57 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2021020009. Unique identifier: pr2021020009. The temblor was picked up at 06:29:08 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/21 / 2021-01-20 06:29:08 / January 20, 2021 @ 6:29 am. Exact location of event, depth 66 km, -65.0175° West, 19.1726° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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