A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (65 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 12:10:46 / September 5, 2015 @ 12:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:10:46 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15248020. Id of event: pr15248020. Exact location of earthquake, -65.0285° West, 19.2928° North, depth 63 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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